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    <description>Take 10 minutes of your busy day for Torah. Spend one 1/100th of your day as meaningfully as you can! Different topics each weekday. Produced by Rabbi Shmuel Ismach of the Young Israel of Great Neck</description>
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        <title>TT4T#993 - R' Akiva's Students</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>What might be the connection between this time of year of Sefira, and the death of Rebbe Akiva's students? Take ten to find out. </p>
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        <title>TT4T#992 - This Year's Exodus</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The Haggadah requires us to imagine that not only our ancestors, but we ourselves were taken out of Egypt. How are we meant to understand this, and how might we understand it on an even deeper level this year? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Haggadah requires us to imagine that not only our ancestors, but we ourselves were taken out of Egypt. How are we meant to understand this, and how might we understand it on an even deeper level this year? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <title>TT4T#991 - Animal Pain</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The Torah teaches sensitivity towards animals in various contexts. How important is this obligation, and what are some exceptions? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <title>TT4T#990 - False Testimony</title>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why is false testimony listed as one of the Ten Commandments, and what is so important about not veering from the truth? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While the Ten Commandments might seem pretty basic, controversies about these Ten have existed for generations. Take Ten to learn about these important issues and how they have influenced how - and when - we read them. </p>
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        <title>TT4T#987 - Tu b'Shvat</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>What are we supposed to be thinking about on Tu b'Shvat? Take Ten to focus on the origins of this day and what it has come to mean. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What are we supposed to be thinking about on Tu b'Shvat? Take Ten to focus on the origins of this day and what it has come to mean. </p>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We often find the Bnei Yisrael compared to the sand, and we even pray that we should be like the dirt. What does this metaphor even mean? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We often find the Bnei Yisrael compared to the sand, and we even pray that we should be like the dirt. What does this metaphor even mean? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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        <title>TT4T#985 - Moshe's Speech</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Moshe refuses the task G-d offers him to represent the people before Pharaoh because of a speech problem. Why would this be a reason to refuse the job, and why may it have been exactly the reason he was chosen? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Moshe refuses the task G-d offers him to represent the people before Pharaoh because of a speech problem. Why would this be a reason to refuse the job, and why may it have been exactly the reason he was chosen? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <title>TT4T#984 - A Most Unique Fast</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Of the four fasts that commemorate the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash, the Tenth of Tevet might have the most controversy attached. Take Ten to learn about these issues. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of the four fasts that commemorate the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash, the Tenth of Tevet might have the most controversy attached. Take Ten to learn about these issues. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Of the four fasts that commemorate the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash, the Tenth of Tevet might have the most controversy attached. Take Ten to learn about these issues. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T - Yaakov and Cyber Monday</title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t-yaakov-and-cyber-monday/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:53:37 -0400</pubDate>
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<p>If you have 10 minutes to take a break from Cyber Monday shopping, you might want to listen to this analysis of the ethics of distracted work. What does our forefather Yaakov teach us in this regard? Take Ten to find out. </p>







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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[







<p>If you have 10 minutes to take a break from Cyber Monday shopping, you might want to listen to this analysis of the ethics of distracted work. What does our forefather Yaakov teach us in this regard? Take Ten to find out. </p>







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If you have 10 minutes to take a break from Cyber Monday shopping, you might want to listen to this analysis of the ethics of distracted work. What does our forefather Yaakov teach us in this regard? Take Ten to find out. 







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        <title>TT4T#982 - The Other Modim</title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t982-the-other-modim/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:01:45 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We respond to the beracha of Modim with more than just an Amen, and instead add another paragraph of our own. Why do we do this for only one beracha, and what does our response mean? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We respond to the beracha of Modim with more than just an Amen, and instead add another paragraph of our own. Why do we do this for only one beracha, and what does our response mean? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We respond to the beracha of Modim with more than just an Amen, and instead add another paragraph of our own. Why do we do this for only one beracha, and what does our response mean? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
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        <title>TT4T#981 - The 100 Blessing Challenge</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#981 - The 100 Blessing Challenge</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t981-the-100-blessing-challange/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:17:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<p>Every bite we take and prayer we say is an opportunity to notice the blessings woven into our day, but most of us rush right past them. How do we turn an ordinary day into 100 touchpoints with G-d? Take Ten to find out.</p>




Today's Ten is sponsored in memory of נחמיה שמואל רפאל בן צבי on his yartzeit by Ruthie and Chaim Anfang.

 




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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[





<p>Every bite we take and prayer we say is an opportunity to notice the blessings woven into our day, but most of us rush right past them. How do we turn an ordinary day into 100 touchpoints with G-d? Take Ten to find out.</p>




<em>Today's Ten is sponsored in memory of נחמיה שמואל רפאל בן צבי on his yartzeit by Ruthie and Chaim Anfang.</em>

 




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Every bite we take and prayer we say is an opportunity to notice the blessings woven into our day, but most of us rush right past them. How do we turn an ordinary day into 100 touchpoints with G-d? Take Ten to find out.




Today's Ten is sponsored in memory of נחמיה שמואל רפאל בן צבי on his yartzeit by Ruthie and Chaim Anfang.

 




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        <title>TT4T#980 - Truth</title>
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        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t980-truth/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t980-truth/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:31:19 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>This week's Torah portion presents the difficult story of Yaakov being less than truthful in his dealings with Yitzchak. Take Ten to learn about the value of Truth vs Falsehood. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week's Torah portion presents the difficult story of Yaakov being less than truthful in his dealings with Yitzchak. Take Ten to learn about the value of Truth vs Falsehood. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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                <itunes:episode>892</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#979 - Save Room for Seudah Shlishit</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#979 - Save Room for Seudah Shlishit</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t979-save-room-for-seudah-shlishit/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t979-save-room-for-seudah-shlishit/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:49:22 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Why do we have a third meal on Shabbat? How important is it to save or make room for this meal? Take Ten to find out.  </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why do we have a third meal on Shabbat? How important is it to save or make room for this meal? Take Ten to find out.  </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why do we have a third meal on Shabbat? How important is it to save or make room for this meal? Take Ten to find out.  ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#978 - The Deception of Yaakov</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#978 - The Deception of Yaakov</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t978-the-deception-of-yaakov/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t978-the-deception-of-yaakov/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:25:15 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>How could Yaakov have engaged in deception to "steal" Yitzchak's blessings? Did he truly get away with it? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How could Yaakov have engaged in deception to "steal" Yitzchak's blessings? Did he truly get away with it? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[How could Yaakov have engaged in deception to "steal" Yitzchak's blessings? Did he truly get away with it? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#977 - No Blessings on People</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#977 - No Blessings on People</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t977-no-blessings-on-people/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t977-no-blessings-on-people/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:19:59 -0400</pubDate>
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<p>We know that there are mitzvot that are between Man and G-d and those that are between Man and Man. You may have never realized that for some reason, we don't make blessings on those mitzvot between Man and Man like visiting the sick, or tzedaka. Why is this? Take 10 to find out. </p>







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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[







<p>We know that there are mitzvot that are between Man and G-d and those that are between Man and Man. You may have never realized that for some reason, we don't make blessings on those mitzvot between Man and Man like visiting the sick, or tzedaka. Why is this? Take 10 to find out. </p>







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We know that there are mitzvot that are between Man and G-d and those that are between Man and Man. You may have never realized that for some reason, we don't make blessings on those mitzvot between Man and Man like visiting the sick, or tzedaka. Why is this? Take 10 to find out. 







]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>TT4T#976 - Eliezer's Test</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#976 - Eliezer's Test</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t976-eliezers-test/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t976-eliezers-test/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:48:12 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>How was it permitted for Eliezer to decide on Yitzchak's bride by making use of an omen? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How was it permitted for Eliezer to decide on Yitzchak's bride by making use of an omen? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[How was it permitted for Eliezer to decide on Yitzchak's bride by making use of an omen? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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                <itunes:episode>888</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#975 - Weddings and Marriage</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#975 - Weddings and Marriage</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t975-weddings-and-marriage/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t975-weddings-and-marriage/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:42:04 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>How does Judaism view the importance of weddings and marriage? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>Sponsored in honor of Sherri and Martin Ghodsi and the wedding of their children, Ethan and Jessica.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How does Judaism view the importance of weddings and marriage? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>Sponsored in honor of Sherri and Martin Ghodsi and the wedding of their children, Ethan and Jessica.</em></p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[How does Judaism view the importance of weddings and marriage? Take Ten to find out. 
Sponsored in honor of Sherri and Martin Ghodsi and the wedding of their children, Ethan and Jessica.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>TT4T#974 - Midday Judaism</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#974 - Midday Judaism</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t974-midday-judaism/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t974-midday-judaism/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:09:53 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[
















<p>What does the story of the establishment of Mincha teach us about the nature of the midday prayer itself? Take Ten to find out. </p>
















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<p><em>What does the story of the establishment of Mincha teach us about the nature of the midday prayer itself? Take Ten to find out. </em></p>
















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What does the story of the establishment of Mincha teach us about the nature of the midday prayer itself? Take Ten to find out. 
















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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>590</itunes:duration>
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        <title>TT4T#973 - HaMotzie</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#973 - HaMotzie</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t973-hamotzie/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t973-hamotzie/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 09:55:56 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>What does the unique and all-encompassing beracha (blessing) on bread teach us about the nature of all foods? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What does the unique and all-encompassing beracha (blessing) on bread teach us about the nature of all foods? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What does the unique and all-encompassing beracha (blessing) on bread teach us about the nature of all foods? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>599</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>885</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#972 - Visiting the Sick</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#972 - Visiting the Sick</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t972-visiting-the-sick/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t972-visiting-the-sick/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 10:04:58 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The Mitzvah of Bikur Cholim, visiting the sick, is implied in the Torah in this week's parsha, when G-d visits Avraham as he recovers from his circumcision. What is the goal of this important mitzvah, particularly in our era of advanced medical treatment? Take Ten to find out.</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Mitzvah of Bikur Cholim, visiting the sick, is implied in the Torah in this week's parsha, when G-d visits Avraham as he recovers from his circumcision. What is the goal of this important mitzvah, particularly in our era of advanced medical treatment? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Mitzvah of Bikur Cholim, visiting the sick, is implied in the Torah in this week's parsha, when G-d visits Avraham as he recovers from his circumcision. What is the goal of this important mitzvah, particularly in our era of advanced medical treatment? Take Ten to find out.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>628</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>884</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#791 - Vote!</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#791 - Vote!</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t791-vote/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t791-vote/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 10:07:14 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/a080a1db-b39a-3623-8a0e-9e0cbcca9433</guid>
                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>It's Election Day! What ancient principles guide us in the process of doing our civic duty? Take Ten to find out. [This episode is a repeat, perhaps from a more innocent time.]</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>It's Election Day! What ancient principles guide us in the process of doing our civic duty? Take Ten to find out. [This episode is a repeat, perhaps from a more innocent time.]</em></p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[It's Election Day! What ancient principles guide us in the process of doing our civic duty? Take Ten to find out. [This episode is a repeat, perhaps from a more innocent time.]]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>625</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>883</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#970 - Amen</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#970 - Amen</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t970-amen/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t970-amen/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 09:15:24 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Our tradition places a great deal of importance on one word, a response to another person's blessing. Why is this word so significant? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our tradition places a great deal of importance on one word, a response to another person's blessing. Why is this word so significant? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Our tradition places a great deal of importance on one word, a response to another person's blessing. Why is this word so significant? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>584</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>882</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#969 - The Selichot Pre-Game</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#969 - The Selichot Pre-Game</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t969-the-selichot-pre-game/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t969-the-selichot-pre-game/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 09:51:25 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We begin to say the special prayers of Selichot even before the ten days of Teshuva. Why so early, and what does this teach us about these final days of the year? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We begin to say the special prayers of Selichot even before the ten days of Teshuva. Why so early, and what does this teach us about these final days of the year? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We begin to say the special prayers of Selichot even before the ten days of Teshuva. Why so early, and what does this teach us about these final days of the year? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>615</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>881</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#968 - The Two Davids</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#968 - The Two Davids</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t967-the-two-davids/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t967-the-two-davids/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:53:22 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[







<p>Every day from Elul through Sukkos, we twice recite Tehillim 27, known as "l'David." Take Ten to understand why the paragraph seems to be describing two different Davids.</p>







]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[







<p>Every day from Elul through Sukkos, we twice recite Tehillim 27, known as "l'David." Take Ten to understand why the paragraph seems to be describing two different Davids.</p>







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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[







Every day from Elul through Sukkos, we twice recite Tehillim 27, known as "l'David." Take Ten to understand why the paragraph seems to be describing two different Davids.







]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>613</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>880</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#967 - Confessions</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#967 - Confessions</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t967-confessions/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t967-confessions/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 09:33:00 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[







<p>On Yom Kippur, we spend a lot of time "confessing" to the mistakes we have made throughout the year. Might there ever be a time to "confess" to a mitzvah? Take Ten to find out.</p>







]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[







<p>On Yom Kippur, we spend a lot of time "confessing" to the mistakes we have made throughout the year. Might there ever be a time to "confess" to a mitzvah? Take Ten to find out.</p>







]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[







On Yom Kippur, we spend a lot of time "confessing" to the mistakes we have made throughout the year. Might there ever be a time to "confess" to a mitzvah? Take Ten to find out.







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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>An old tradition has developed where we find the acronym of Elul in a variety of different Biblical and Rabbinic statements. Why is this specific to this month? What are the messages we are meant to learn? Tale Ten to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An old tradition has developed where we find the acronym of Elul in a variety of different Biblical and Rabbinic statements. Why is this specific to this month? What are the messages we are meant to learn? Tale Ten to find out. </p>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Why is the month of Elul associated with reflection and self-improvement? Is it because it's the final month of the year or is it something more? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why is the month of Elul associated with reflection and self-improvement? Is it because it's the final month of the year or is it something more? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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        <title>TT4T#964 - If I Forget Thee</title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t964-if-i-forget-thee/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 09:48:58 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>In the shadow of Yom Yerushalayim, this Ten discusses the millennia-old tension that exists between "forgetting" and "awaiting" when it comes to Yerushalayim and the Beit Hamikdash. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the shadow of Yom Yerushalayim, this Ten discusses the millennia-old tension that exists between "forgetting" and "awaiting" when it comes to Yerushalayim and the Beit Hamikdash. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the shadow of Yom Yerushalayim, this Ten discusses the millennia-old tension that exists between "forgetting" and "awaiting" when it comes to Yerushalayim and the Beit Hamikdash. ]]></itunes:summary>
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        <title>TT4T#963 - Numbers - 6/3/24</title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t963-numbers-6324/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:18:35 -0300</pubDate>
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<p>Why is the book of Bamidbar referred to as "Numbers"? Take Ten to find out. </p>

<p> </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> </p>

<p>Why is the book of Bamidbar referred to as "Numbers"? Take Ten to find out. </p>

<p> </p>
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Why is the book of Bamidbar referred to as "Numbers"? Take Ten to find out. 

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        <title>TT4T#962 - Shavuot Perfection - 5/30/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#962 - Shavuot Perfection - 5/30/24</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t962-shavuot-perfection-53024/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t962-shavuot-perfection-53024/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2024 09:57:52 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The holiday of Shavuot begins late due to the hour of sunset this time of year, but as you might be aware, we delay its start even further than we do for other holidays. Take Ten to learn how this delay came about and how it speaks to our Shavuot "Pursuit of Perfection."</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The holiday of Shavuot begins late due to the hour of sunset this time of year, but as you might be aware, we delay its start even further than we do for other holidays. Take Ten to learn how this delay came about and how it speaks to our Shavuot "Pursuit of Perfection."</p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The holiday of Shavuot begins late due to the hour of sunset this time of year, but as you might be aware, we delay its start even further than we do for other holidays. Take Ten to learn how this delay came about and how it speaks to our Shavuot "Pursuit of Perfection."]]></itunes:summary>
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        <title>TT4T#961 - Holy! - 5/6/24</title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t961-holy-5624/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 10:05:06 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The Torah instructs us that we should be "holy," but what exactly does that mean? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Torah instructs us that we should be "holy," but what exactly does that mean? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#960 - A Ten Minute Seder #2 - 4/18/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#960 - A Ten Minute Seder #2 - 4/18/24</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t960-a-ten-minute-seder-2-41824/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:42:39 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>It seems that Magid takes more than ten minutes, so take Ten for Part 2 of our "Ten Minute Seder." </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It seems that Magid takes more than ten minutes, so take Ten for Part 2 of our "Ten Minute Seder." </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#959 - A Ten Minute Seder - 4/17/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#959 - A Ten Minute Seder - 4/17/24</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t959-a-ten-minute-seder-41724/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:55:47 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Can we complete the entirety of Magid—where we retell the story of the Exodus at the Seder—in ten minutes? Unlikely, but take Ten to be sure. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can we complete the entirety of Magid—where we retell the story of the Exodus at the Seder—in ten minutes? Unlikely, but take Ten to be sure. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Can we complete the entirety of Magid—where we retell the story of the Exodus at the Seder—in ten minutes? Unlikely, but take Ten to be sure. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>TT4T#958 - A Seder in Bnei Brak - 4/15/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#958 - A Seder in Bnei Brak - 4/15/24</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t958-a-seder-in-bnei-brak-41524/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t958-a-seder-in-bnei-brak-41524/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 09:17:59 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Five rabbis met for a seder in Bnei Brak in the only story told in the Magid sequence. Why is this story significant? What can we learn from it? Take Ten to find out.</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Five rabbis met for a seder in Bnei Brak in the only story told in the Magid sequence. Why is this story significant? What can we learn from it? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Five rabbis met for a seder in Bnei Brak in the only story told in the Magid sequence. Why is this story significant? What can we learn from it? Take Ten to find out.]]></itunes:summary>
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        <itunes:duration>608</itunes:duration>
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        <title>TT4T#957 - Afikoman Theft - 4/11/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#957 - Afikoman Theft - 4/11/24</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t957-afikoman-theft-41124/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:57:13 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p> </p>

<p>Many of us have the custom to engage in the ransom of the Afikoman on the seder night. Take Ten to learn the origin of this custom and why, to some, we've been doing it all wrong. </p>

<p> </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> </p>

<p>Many of us have the custom to engage in the ransom of the Afikoman on the seder night. Take Ten to learn the origin of this custom and why, to some, we've been doing it all wrong. </p>

<p> </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[ 

Many of us have the custom to engage in the ransom of the Afikoman on the seder night. Take Ten to learn the origin of this custom and why, to some, we've been doing it all wrong. 

 ]]></itunes:summary>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>TT4T#956 - How To Clean for Pesach #3 - 4/10/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#956 - How To Clean for Pesach #3 - 4/10/24</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t956-how-to-clean-for-pesach-3-41024/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t956-how-to-clean-for-pesach-3-41024/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 09:44:49 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>How much is too much when it comes to cleaning for Pesach? This short series discusses some of the well-known controversies relating to Pesach observance and the actual requirements for cleaning. Take Ten to find out why it might be easier than you think!</p>
<p>Part 3 - Where to look for Chametz? How do we "kill" Chametz? What's the difference between cleaning bedrooms and "food" rooms? And some practical tips.</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How much is too much when it comes to cleaning for Pesach? This short series discusses some of the well-known controversies relating to Pesach observance and the actual requirements for cleaning. Take Ten to find out why it might be easier than you think!</p>
<p><em>Part 3 - Where to look for Chametz? How do we "kill" Chametz? What's the difference between cleaning bedrooms and "food" rooms? And some practical tips.</em></p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[How much is too much when it comes to cleaning for Pesach? This short series discusses some of the well-known controversies relating to Pesach observance and the actual requirements for cleaning. Take Ten to find out why it might be easier than you think!
Part 3 - Where to look for Chametz? How do we "kill" Chametz? What's the difference between cleaning bedrooms and "food" rooms? And some practical tips.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#955  - How to Clean for Pesach #2 - 4/9/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#955  - How to Clean for Pesach #2 - 4/9/24</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t-how-to-clean-for-pesach-2-4924/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:02:09 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>How much is too much when it comes to cleaning for Pesach? This short series discusses some of the well-known controversies relating to Pesach observance and discusses the actual cleaning requirements. Take Ten to find out why it might be easier than you think!</p>
<p>Part 2 - What is Chametz vs. Seor? What are we actually looking for when we search our homes for Chametz?</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How much is too much when it comes to cleaning for Pesach? This short series discusses some of the well-known controversies relating to Pesach observance and discusses the actual cleaning requirements. Take Ten to find out why it might be easier than you think!</p>
<p><em>Part 2 - What is Chametz vs. Seor? What are we actually looking for when we search our homes for Chametz?</em></p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[How much is too much when it comes to cleaning for Pesach? This short series discusses some of the well-known controversies relating to Pesach observance and discusses the actual cleaning requirements. Take Ten to find out why it might be easier than you think!
Part 2 - What is Chametz vs. Seor? What are we actually looking for when we search our homes for Chametz?]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>TT4T#954 - How to Clean for Pesach #1 - 4/8/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#954 - How to Clean for Pesach #1 - 4/8/24</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t954-how-to-clean-for-pesach-1-4824/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t954-how-to-clean-for-pesach-1-4824/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 10:05:41 -0300</pubDate>
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How much is too much when it comes to cleaning for Pesach? This short series discusses some of the well-known controversies relating to Pesach observance and discusses the actual cleaning requirements. Take Ten to find out why it might be easier than you think!

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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week we read of the first Mitzvah, the command to sanctify the months and declare Rosh Chodesh. Take Ten to learn the significance that this Mitzvah has to Pesach and all of the holidays. </p>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>After learning about the extreme way we treat Chametz, why is it that we go to such levels? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After learning about the extreme way we treat Chametz, why is it that we go to such levels? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Aside from the Torah's strictness regarding the laws of Chametz, we find generations of customs that have added to these difficulties. Take Ten to learn about some of the famous - and not so famous - extremes of Pesach. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aside from the Torah's strictness regarding the laws of Chametz, we find generations of customs that have added to these difficulties. Take Ten to learn about some of the famous - and not so famous - extremes of Pesach. </p>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t950-the-stringencies-of-pesach-32824/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:48:00 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>In this first of a series, we discuss the overwhelming stringency applied to Pesach preparations. What is the nature of the stringency? How did it develop? Take Ten to find out.</p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Anfang family in memory of Tzipora bat Menachem Mendel on her Yartzeit.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this first of a series, we discuss the overwhelming stringency applied to Pesach preparations. What is the nature of the stringency? How did it develop? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t949-teach-a-man-to-fish-32724/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:33:32 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>It is said that "teaching a man to fish" is the greatest type of charity. Take Ten to learn the Jewish origins of this idea. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is said that "teaching a man to fish" is the greatest type of charity. Take Ten to learn the Jewish origins of this idea. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t948-esthers-different-fast-32024/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 09:45:34 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Taanit Esther is anomalous from the other fasts we find on the Jewish calendar. How and why is this fast different than all other fast days? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Taanit Esther is anomalous from the other fasts we find on the Jewish calendar. How and why is this fast different than all other fast days? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Taanit Esther is anomalous from the other fasts we find on the Jewish calendar. How and why is this fast different than all other fast days? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t947-matanot-levyonim-31924/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 08:43:06 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Of the four mitzvot of Purim, the Rambam teaches that spending on the poor should be where we allocate the most resources. Take Ten to learn about the specific mitzvah of giving on Purim and how it is different than other charitable donations. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of the four mitzvot of Purim, the Rambam teaches that spending on the poor should be where we allocate the most resources. Take Ten to learn about the specific mitzvah of giving on Purim and how it is different than other charitable donations. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Of the four mitzvot of Purim, the Rambam teaches that spending on the poor should be where we allocate the most resources. Take Ten to learn about the specific mitzvah of giving on Purim and how it is different than other charitable donations. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#946 - Mishloach Manot - 3/18/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#946 - Mishloach Manot - 3/18/24</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t946-mishloach-manot-31824/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:40:17 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>What are the requirements for the mitzvah of Mishloach Manot? Why is this Mitzvah connected to Purim in the first place? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What are the requirements for the mitzvah of Mishloach Manot? Why is this Mitzvah connected to Purim in the first place? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#945 - Transparency - 3/15/24</title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t945-transparency-31524/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:46:43 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Moshe's behavior regarding the accounting for the materials donated to the Mishkan teaches us an important lesson about transparency in all of our behavior. Take Ten to learn this lesson.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Moshe's behavior regarding the accounting for the materials donated to the Mishkan teaches us an important lesson about transparency in all of our behavior. Take Ten to learn this lesson.</p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Moshe's behavior regarding the accounting for the materials donated to the Mishkan teaches us an important lesson about transparency in all of our behavior. Take Ten to learn this lesson.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#944 - Getting for Giving - 3/12/24</title>
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        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t944-getting-for-giving-31224/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t944-getting-for-giving-31224/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:13:32 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Is it appropriate to receive an honor or recognition for doing a good thing or for giving a donation? Take Ten to learn the answer.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is it appropriate to receive an honor or recognition for doing a good thing or for giving a donation? Take Ten to learn the answer.</p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#943 - Responding to Cynics - 3/11/24</title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t943-responding-to-cynics-31124/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 09:38:45 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>How important is it to answer cynics' claims? Should they be dismissed out of hand, or should we defend ourselves? Take Ten for a Torah perspective on the damage cynics can cause and the responses they require. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How important is it to answer cynics' claims? Should they be dismissed out of hand, or should we defend ourselves? Take Ten for a Torah perspective on the damage cynics can cause and the responses they require. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[How important is it to answer cynics' claims? Should they be dismissed out of hand, or should we defend ourselves? Take Ten for a Torah perspective on the damage cynics can cause and the responses they require. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#942 - Poles of Interperetation - 3/5/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#942 - Poles of Interperetation - 3/5/24</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t942-poles-of-interperetation-3524/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 08:20:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Why does the Torah list all of the intricate details of the construction and dimension of the Mishkan? Using one example, we explore the thought processes involved. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why does the Torah list all of the intricate details of the construction and dimension of the Mishkan? Using one example, we explore the thought processes involved. </p>
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        <enclosure url="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/sw4nqf/_942_-_TT4T_-_Poles_of_Interperetation5zyqb.mp3" length="12514348" type="audio/mpeg"/>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why does the Torah list all of the intricate details of the construction and dimension of the Mishkan? Using one example, we explore the thought processes involved. ]]></itunes:summary>
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        <title>TT4T#941 - The Shabbos Romance - 3/4/24</title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t941-the-shabbos-romance-3424/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2024 13:13:43 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Why are there so many references to love and relationship on Shabbat? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Rydzinski family in memory of Edith Weg, Itta bas Shaya and Chana Sara Feuer. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why are there so many references to love and relationship on Shabbat? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We learn that there is a "glow" that shines on our faces on Shabbat. What is the nature of this glow, and how can we benefit from it? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We learn that there is a "glow" that shines on our faces on Shabbat. What is the nature of this glow, and how can we benefit from it? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t939-milk-and-meat-22824/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:26:51 -0400</pubDate>
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<p>The Torah repeats the prohibition of "Don't cook a kid in its mother's milk" three separate times. Why the redundancy? Take Ten to find out. </p>

<p> </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> </p>

<p>The Torah repeats the prohibition of "Don't cook a kid in its mother's milk" three separate times. Why the redundancy? Take Ten to find out. </p>

<p> </p>
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The Torah repeats the prohibition of "Don't cook a kid in its mother's milk" three separate times. Why the redundancy? Take Ten to find out. 

 ]]></itunes:summary>
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        <title>TT4T#937 - Moshe's Glow-Up - 2/27/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#937 - Moshe's Glow-Up - 2/27/24</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t937-moshes-glow-up-22724/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 08:55:30 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>When Moshe descended from the mountain with the second set of Luchot, he is described as being aglow. Take Ten to learn the reason for this glow and the various ways it has been misunderstood throughout history.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When Moshe descended from the mountain with the second set of Luchot, he is described as being aglow. Take Ten to learn the reason for this glow and the various ways it has been misunderstood throughout history.</p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#937 - Why is there a Siddur? - 2/26/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#937 - Why is there a Siddur? - 2/26/24</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t937-why-is-there-a-siddur-22624/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t937-why-is-there-a-siddur-22624/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 09:09:22 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Our Siddur is full of words and phrases that make up Jewish prayer. Why are these words required? Why are any words required at all? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our Siddur is full of words and phrases that make up Jewish prayer. Why are these words required? Why are any words required at all? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#936 - What is Work? - 2/22/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#936 - What is Work? - 2/22/24</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t936-what-is-work-22224/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 09:55:22 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p> </p>

<p>We learn from multiple sources that constructing the Mishkan was forbidden on Shabbos, but why does the construction of the Mishkan define what is forbidden on Shabbat? Take Ten to find out. </p>

<p> </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> </p>

<p>We learn from multiple sources that constructing the Mishkan was forbidden on Shabbos, but why does the construction of the Mishkan define what is forbidden on Shabbat? Take Ten to find out. </p>

<p> </p>
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We learn from multiple sources that constructing the Mishkan was forbidden on Shabbos, but why does the construction of the Mishkan define what is forbidden on Shabbat? Take Ten to find out. 

 ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>TT4T#935 - Aleinu, the Exit Plan - 2/21/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#935 - Aleinu, the Exit Plan - 2/21/24</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t935-aleinu-the-exit-plan-22124/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:49:51 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Why do we find the prayer of Aleinu at the close of our Tefilot? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why do we find the prayer of Aleinu at the close of our Tefilot? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>609</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>847</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#934 - Purim Katan - 2/20/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#934 - Purim Katan - 2/20/24</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t934-purim-katan-22024/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t934-purim-katan-22024/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 09:35:31 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>When there are two months of Adar, the holiday of Purim is observed in the second month, while the 14th and 15th days of the first Adar are known as Purim Katan. What is the nature of that "small" Purim? What are its laws? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>Today's Ten is sponsored by the Brownstein family in memory of Florence Brownstein a"h, Feiga bas Moshe.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When there are two months of Adar, the holiday of Purim is observed in the second month, while the 14th and 15th days of the first Adar are known as Purim Katan. What is the nature of that "small" Purim? What are its laws? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>Today's Ten is sponsored by the Brownstein family in memory of Florence Brownstein a"h, Feiga bas Moshe.</em></p>
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Today's Ten is sponsored by the Brownstein family in memory of Florence Brownstein a"h, Feiga bas Moshe.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#933 - Universal Mishkan - 2/15/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#933 - Universal Mishkan - 2/15/24</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t933-universal-mishkan-21524/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t933-universal-mishkan-21524/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 09:44:25 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p> </p>

<p>While we might know that the laws of keeping Shabbat are learned from constructing the Mishkan, we might not be aware of the deep similarities between the construction and the actual creation of the world. Take Ten to find out more.</p>

<p> </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> </p>

<p>While we might know that the laws of keeping Shabbat are learned from constructing the Mishkan, we might not be aware of the deep similarities between the construction and the actual creation of the world. Take Ten to find out more.</p>

<p> </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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While we might know that the laws of keeping Shabbat are learned from constructing the Mishkan, we might not be aware of the deep similarities between the construction and the actual creation of the world. Take Ten to find out more.

 ]]></itunes:summary>
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        <title>TT4T#932 - Building a Shul - 2/14/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#932 - Building a Shul - 2/14/24</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t932-building-a-shul-21424/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t932-building-a-shul-21424/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 09:41:10 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Take Ten for a look at the modern-day "Mikdash" that exists in every community and how its construction is of great symbolic and financial importance. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Take Ten for a look at the modern-day "Mikdash" that exists in every community and how its construction is of great symbolic and financial importance. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Take Ten for a look at the modern-day "Mikdash" that exists in every community and how its construction is of great symbolic and financial importance. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>610</itunes:duration>
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        <title>TT4T#931 - Why Bless When We are Done? - 2/13/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#931 - Why Bless When We are Done? - 2/13/24</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t931-why-bless-when-we-are-done-21324/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t931-why-bless-when-we-are-done-21324/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 09:01:41 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Is it more logical to make a Beracha before or after we eat? While the Torah explicitly mentions the blessing we should make following our food, does that actually make the most sense? It sure does. Take Ten to learn why.</p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by Donna and Joseph Hecht in memory of Veronica Hecht, Sarah Gittel bas Mordechai on her first yartzeit, and David Gad, David ben Nissan VaLeah on his yartzeit.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is it more logical to make a Beracha before or after we eat? While the Torah explicitly mentions the blessing we should make following our food, does that actually make the most sense? It sure does. Take Ten to learn why.</p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by Donna and Joseph Hecht in memory of Veronica Hecht, Sarah Gittel bas Mordechai on her first yartzeit, and David Gad, David ben Nissan VaLeah on his yartzeit.</em></p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Is it more logical to make a Beracha before or after we eat? While the Torah explicitly mentions the blessing we should make following our food, does that actually make the most sense? It sure does. Take Ten to learn why.
This Ten is sponsored by Donna and Joseph Hecht in memory of Veronica Hecht, Sarah Gittel bas Mordechai on her first yartzeit, and David Gad, David ben Nissan VaLeah on his yartzeit.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#930 - Extreme Empathy - 2/12/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#930 - Extreme Empathy - 2/12/24</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t930-extreme-empathy-21224/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t930-extreme-empathy-21224/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:25:38 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>When our nation is facing challenging times far away, it can be difficult to stay properly focused on the suffering of others in our busy and distracted lives. Can the Torah teach us some ways to empathize? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p> </p>

<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>

<p> </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When our nation is facing challenging times far away, it can be difficult to stay properly focused on the suffering of others in our busy and distracted lives. Can the Torah teach us some ways to empathize? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p> </p>

<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>

<p> </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[When our nation is facing challenging times far away, it can be difficult to stay properly focused on the suffering of others in our busy and distracted lives. Can the Torah teach us some ways to empathize? Take Ten to find out. 
 

This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l

 ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#929 - Redirecting the Lost - 2/8/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#929 - Redirecting the Lost - 2/8/24</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t929-redirecting-the-lost-28824/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 09:22:47 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Our Parsha describes the level of obligation we have to help redirect a person's lost items. To what extent does this requirement extend to one's "lost" soul? What should be our attitude towards our obligation to inspire those who are not as inspired as we are? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our Parsha describes the level of obligation we have to help redirect a person's lost items. To what extent does this requirement extend to one's "lost" soul? What should be our attitude towards our obligation to inspire those who are not as inspired as we are? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>After receiving the Torah, we read this week of the "mishpatim," the first laws that we received thereafter. But can these laws really be the first and only laws that we received? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After receiving the Torah, we read this week of the "mishpatim," the first laws that we received thereafter. But can these laws really be the first and only laws that we received? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:title>TT4T#927 - First Blessings - 2/6/24</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t927-first-blessings-2624/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:16:30 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We make blessings before and after we eat food. The Torah mandates the one that follows, but the source for the first blessing is more unclear. How do we know we make these blessings? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We make blessings before and after we eat food. The Torah mandates the one that follows, but the source for the first blessing is more unclear. How do we know we make these blessings? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:title>TT4T#926 - The Vulnerable - 2/5/24</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t926-the-vulnerable-2524/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 09:32:04 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>How extremely does the Torah speak of our obligation to ensure that widows, orphans, and the vulnerable are treated well? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How extremely does the Torah speak of our obligation to ensure that widows, orphans, and the vulnerable are treated well? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#925 - Interpersonal Blessings - 2/1/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#925 - Interpersonal Blessings - 2/1/24</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t925-interpersonal-blessings-2124/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 09:47:04 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We know that there are mitzvot that are between Man and G-d and those that are between Man and Man. You may have never realized that for some reason, we don't make blessings on those mitzvot between Man and Man like visiting the sick, or tzedaka. Why is this? Take 10 to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We know that there are mitzvot that are between Man and G-d and those that are between Man and Man. You may have never realized that for some reason, we don't make blessings on those mitzvot between Man and Man like visiting the sick, or tzedaka. Why is this? Take 10 to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#924 - Your Shabbat Place - 1/31/3024</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#924 - Your Shabbat Place - 1/31/3024</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t924-your-shabbat-place-1313024/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 09:29:58 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>One of the restrictions of Shabbat is that we must remain in our "Techum Shabbat" or "Shabbat Boundary." Take Ten to learn more about the details and meaning of this unique law.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the restrictions of Shabbat is that we must remain in our "Techum Shabbat" or "Shabbat Boundary." Take Ten to learn more about the details and meaning of this unique law.</p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#923 - A Shabbat Delight - 1/30/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#923 - A Shabbat Delight - 1/30/24</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t923-a-shabbat-delight-13024/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:05:36 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p> </p>

<p>We know all the prohibitions that restrict what a person can do on Shabbat, but what is the best way to spend your Shabbat day? Take Ten to find out. </p>

<p> </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> </p>

<p>We know all the prohibitions that restrict what a person can do on Shabbat, but what is the best way to spend your Shabbat day? Take Ten to find out. </p>

<p> </p>
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We know all the prohibitions that restrict what a person can do on Shabbat, but what is the best way to spend your Shabbat day? Take Ten to find out. 

 ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#922 - Your Stone Chair - 1/29/24</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#922 - Your Stone Chair - 1/29/24</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t922-the-chair-of-stone-12924/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 09:30:31 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We're thousands of miles away from what's going on in Israel, and it is difficult to know how best to react. Take Ten to learn about how we understand G-d's empathy and the the empathy of great Jewish leaders of the past. (Empathy #1)</p>

<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>

<p> </p>
<p> </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We're thousands of miles away from what's going on in Israel, and it is difficult to know how best to react. Take Ten to learn about how we understand G-d's empathy and the the empathy of great Jewish leaders of the past. (Empathy #1)</p>

<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>

<p> </p>
<p> </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We're thousands of miles away from what's going on in Israel, and it is difficult to know how best to react. Take Ten to learn about how we understand G-d's empathy and the the empathy of great Jewish leaders of the past. (Empathy #1)

This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l

 
 ]]></itunes:summary>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>TT4T#921 -0,1,&amp;2 - 10/23/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#921 -0,1,&amp;2 - 10/23/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t921-01-2-102323/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t921-01-2-102323/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:00:04 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>What can we do in this challenging moment in Jewish history? This Ten describes a framework of three important things to focus on: 0, 1, and 2.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What can we do in this challenging moment in Jewish history? This Ten describes a framework of three important things to focus on: 0, 1, and 2.</p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What can we do in this challenging moment in Jewish history? This Ten describes a framework of three important things to focus on: 0, 1, and 2.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#920 - The Dual Horns</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#920 - The Dual Horns</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t920-the-dual-horns/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t920-the-dual-horns/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 19:53:47 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The Torah speaks of a Mitzvah to blow horns to organize the camp in the desert, but also to mark the happiest occasions and moments of crisis. What s the nature of this commandment? And how do these sounds connect to each other? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
<p> </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Torah speaks of a Mitzvah to blow horns to organize the camp in the desert, but also to mark the happiest occasions and moments of crisis. What s the nature of this commandment? And how do these sounds connect to each other? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
<p> </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Torah speaks of a Mitzvah to blow horns to organize the camp in the desert, but also to mark the happiest occasions and moments of crisis. What s the nature of this commandment? And how do these sounds connect to each other? Take Ten to find out. 
This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l
 ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#919 - The Day Between - 5/22/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#919 - The Day Between - 5/22/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t919-the-day-between-52223/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t919-the-day-between-52223/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2023 09:59:48 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Today is a very "special" day. Known as "Yom HaMeyuchas," it's a day that we treat as a quasi-holiday. Take Ten to learn why.</p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today is a very "special" day. Known as "Yom HaMeyuchas," it's a day that we treat as a quasi-holiday. Take Ten to learn why.</p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Today is a very "special" day. Known as "Yom HaMeyuchas," it's a day that we treat as a quasi-holiday. Take Ten to learn why.
This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>602</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>831</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#918 - Numbers - 5/15/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#918 - Numbers - 5/15/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t918-numbers-51523/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t918-numbers-51523/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2023 11:15:59 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Why is the book of Bamidbar referred to as "Numbers"? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why is the book of Bamidbar referred to as "Numbers"? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why is the book of Bamidbar referred to as "Numbers"? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>589</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>830</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#917 - The Wicked Son - 3/30/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#917 - The Wicked Son - 3/30/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t917-the-wicked-son-33023/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t917-the-wicked-son-33023/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:03:31 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p> </p>

<p>When the Hagadah mentions that we "blunt" the teeth of the wicked child, what does it actually mean? Take Ten to find out.</p>

<p> </p>
<p> </p>

<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>

<p> </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> </p>

<p>When the Hagadah mentions that we "blunt" the teeth of the wicked child, what does it actually mean? Take Ten to find out.</p>

<p> </p>
<p> </p>

<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>

<p> </p>
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When the Hagadah mentions that we "blunt" the teeth of the wicked child, what does it actually mean? Take Ten to find out.

 
 

This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l

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<p>Many of us have the custom of engaging in the ransom of the Afikoman on the seder night. Take Ten to learn the origin of this custom and why, to some, we've been doing it all wrong. </p>

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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[
<p>Many of us have the custom of engaging in the ransom of the Afikoman on the seder night. Take Ten to learn the origin of this custom and why, to some, we've been doing it all wrong. </p>

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Many of us have the custom of engaging in the ransom of the Afikoman on the seder night. Take Ten to learn the origin of this custom and why, to some, we've been doing it all wrong. 

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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>TT4t#915 - What is Chametz  (Part 3) - 3/28/23</title>
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        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t915-what-is-chametz-part-3-32823/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t915-what-is-chametz-part-3-32823/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:33:47 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Continuing the discussion of what Chametz we need to be concerned for, this class moves into the kitchen and areas where eating is involved. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Continuing the discussion of what Chametz we need to be concerned for, this class moves into the kitchen and areas where eating is involved. </p>
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        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>597</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>827</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#914 - What is Chametz? Part 2 - 3/27/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#914 - What is Chametz? Part 2 - 3/27/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t914-what-is-chametz-part-2-32723/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t914-what-is-chametz-part-2-32723/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:48:29 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Continuing the discussion regarding Chametz, this Ten covers more on what is defined as Chametz and what we are looking for as we search.</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Continuing the discussion regarding Chametz, this Ten covers more on what is defined as Chametz and what we are looking for as we search.</p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Continuing the discussion regarding Chametz, this Ten covers more on what is defined as Chametz and what we are looking for as we search.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>613</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>826</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#913 - What is Chametz? - 3/23/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#913 - What is Chametz? - 3/23/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t913-what-is-chametz-32323/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t913-what-is-chametz-32323/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:10:05 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The Torah prohibits Chametz again and again. How do we define this prohibited material? Take Ten to find out.</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Torah prohibits Chametz again and again. How do we define this prohibited material? Take Ten to find out.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>610</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>825</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#912 - Purim Connectivity - 2/27/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#912 - Purim Connectivity - 2/27/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t912-purim-connectivity-22723/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t912-purim-connectivity-22723/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 09:25:14 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The story of Purim is about the unification of Jews amidst a terrible threat. How are the mitzvah commemorations of the day constructed to reinforce the lessons we learned back then? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
<p> </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The story of Purim is about the unification of Jews amidst a terrible threat. How are the mitzvah commemorations of the day constructed to reinforce the lessons we learned back then? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
<p> </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The story of Purim is about the unification of Jews amidst a terrible threat. How are the mitzvah commemorations of the day constructed to reinforce the lessons we learned back then? Take Ten to find out. 
This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l
 ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>610</itunes:duration>
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        <title>TT4T#911 - The Happy Month - 2/21/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#911 - The Happy Month - 2/21/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t911-the-happy-month-22123/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t911-the-happy-month-22123/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2023 09:49:52 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We are taught that we are to "increase joy" when the month of Adar begins. Why this month? What is the nature of this joy? Take Ten to find out.</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are taught that we are to "increase joy" when the month of Adar begins. Why this month? What is the nature of this joy? Take Ten to find out.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We are taught that we are to "increase joy" when the month of Adar begins. Why this month? What is the nature of this joy? Take Ten to find out.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>619</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>823</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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    <item>
        <title>TT4T#910 - The Universal Mishkan - 2/20/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#910 - The Universal Mishkan - 2/20/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t910-the-universal-mishkan-22023/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t910-the-universal-mishkan-22023/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2023 09:15:03 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>While we might know that the laws of keeping Shabbat are learned from constructing the Mishkan, we might not be aware of the deep similarities between the construction and the actual creation of the world. Take Ten to find out more.</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While we might know that the laws of keeping Shabbat are learned from constructing the Mishkan, we might not be aware of the deep similarities between the construction and the actual creation of the world. Take Ten to find out more.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[While we might know that the laws of keeping Shabbat are learned from constructing the Mishkan, we might not be aware of the deep similarities between the construction and the actual creation of the world. Take Ten to find out more.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>620</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>822</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#909 - Be a Loaner - 2/16/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#909 - Be a Loaner - 2/16/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t909-be-a-loaner-21623/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t909-be-a-loaner-21623/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2023 09:47:36 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Our parsha discusses a situation when you "might" lend money to someone in need. Take Ten to learn the importance of this mitzvah.</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our parsha discusses a situation when you "might" lend money to someone in need. Take Ten to learn the importance of this mitzvah.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Our parsha discusses a situation when you "might" lend money to someone in need. Take Ten to learn the importance of this mitzvah.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>619</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>821</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#908 - Paths to Piety - 2/15/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#908 - Paths to Piety - 2/15/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t908-paths-to-piety-21523/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t908-paths-to-piety-21523/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2023 09:48:09 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>How does one achieve piety? The Gemara suggests that we look towards three areas in particular. What are these three and what makes them so significant? Take Ten to find out.</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How does one achieve piety? The Gemara suggests that we look towards three areas in particular. What are these three and what makes them so significant? Take Ten to find out.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[How does one achieve piety? The Gemara suggests that we look towards three areas in particular. What are these three and what makes them so significant? Take Ten to find out.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>618</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>820</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#907 - The Most Vulnerable - 2/14/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#907 - The Most Vulnerable - 2/14/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t907-the-most-vulnerable-21423/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t907-the-most-vulnerable-21423/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2023 09:33:05 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The Torah stresses the importance of sensitivity towards the vulnerable and disadvantaged. How far does this concern go? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Torah stresses the importance of sensitivity towards the vulnerable and disadvantaged. How far does this concern go? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Torah stresses the importance of sensitivity towards the vulnerable and disadvantaged. How far does this concern go? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>605</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>819</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#906 - Majority Rules - 2/13/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#906 - Majority Rules - 2/13/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t906-majority-rules-21323/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t906-majority-rules-21323/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:46:35 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Our Parsha teaches that "Acharei Rabim l'Hatot," we are supposed to follow the majority. Why and when do we do this? Where is this concept applied? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our Parsha teaches that "<em>Acharei Rabim l'Hatot,</em>" we are supposed to follow the majority. Why and when do we do this? Where is this concept applied? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Our Parsha teaches that "Acharei Rabim l'Hatot," we are supposed to follow the majority. Why and when do we do this? Where is this concept applied? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>622</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>818</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#905 - Hearing and Remembering - 2/9/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#905 - Hearing and Remembering - 2/9/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t905-hearing-and-remembering-2923/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t905-hearing-and-remembering-2923/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2023 08:44:06 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>What is the significance of the arrival of Yitro? Why is one man's journey so celebrated and what can it teach us about our encounter with inspiration? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What is the significance of the arrival of Yitro? Why is one man's journey so celebrated and what can it teach us about our encounter with inspiration? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What is the significance of the arrival of Yitro? Why is one man's journey so celebrated and what can it teach us about our encounter with inspiration? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>621</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>817</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#904 - How to Spend Your Shabbat - 2/8/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#904 - How to Spend Your Shabbat - 2/8/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t904-how-to-spend-your-shabbat-2823/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t904-how-to-spend-your-shabbat-2823/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2023 10:00:02 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>What's the best way to spend our Shabbat? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What's the best way to spend our Shabbat? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What's the best way to spend our Shabbat? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>607</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>816</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#903 - Tu b’Shvat Origins - 2/6/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#903 - Tu b’Shvat Origins - 2/6/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t903-tu-b-shvat-origins-2623/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t903-tu-b-shvat-origins-2623/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 09:59:52 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>What are we supposed to be thinking about on Tu b'Shvat? Take Ten to focus on the origins of this day and what it has come to mean. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What are we supposed to be thinking about on Tu b'Shvat? Take Ten to focus on the origins of this day and what it has come to mean. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#902 - THIS is my G-d - 2/2/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#902 - THIS is my G-d - 2/2/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t902-this-is-my-g-d-2223/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t902-this-is-my-g-d-2223/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2023 09:54:11 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>After the Jews are saved at the sea, they have a realization that will influence their mitzvah observance forever. What is this new knowledge? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored in honor of the wedding of Regina and Shai Rosalimsky.</p>
<p> </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After the Jews are saved at the sea, they have a realization that will influence their mitzvah observance forever. What is this new knowledge? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored in honor of the wedding of Regina and Shai Rosalimsky.</em></p>
<p> </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[After the Jews are saved at the sea, they have a realization that will influence their mitzvah observance forever. What is this new knowledge? Take Ten to find out. 
This Ten is sponsored in honor of the wedding of Regina and Shai Rosalimsky.
 ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#901 - Take Time for Torah - 2/1/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#901 - Take Time for Torah - 2/1/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t901-take-time-for-torah-13123/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t901-take-time-for-torah-13123/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 09:58:06 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Torah learning is an important way to become a better educated and more inspired Jew, but is there an advantage to doing it daily? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>Sponsored anonymously in honor of TT4T's 900-episode milestone.</p>
<p> </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Torah learning is an important way to become a better educated and more inspired Jew, but is there an advantage to doing it daily? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>Sponsored anonymously in honor of TT4T's 900-episode milestone.</em></p>
<p> </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Torah learning is an important way to become a better educated and more inspired Jew, but is there an advantage to doing it daily? Take Ten to find out. 
Sponsored anonymously in honor of TT4T's 900-episode milestone.
 ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#900(!!!) - Manna Tuesday - 1/31/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#900(!!!) - Manna Tuesday - 1/31/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t900-manna-tuesday-13123/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t900-manna-tuesday-13123/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 09:33:57 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>There is a special custom to read the section of the Torah that deals with the Manna today, the Tuesday before the Torah reading of Beshalach. This Ten explores the meaning of this custom and how important it might be to say it - and think it - every other day as well. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a special custom to read the section of the Torah that deals with the Manna today, the Tuesday before the Torah reading of Beshalach. This Ten explores the meaning of this custom and how important it might be to say it - and think it - every other day as well. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There is a special custom to read the section of the Torah that deals with the Manna today, the Tuesday before the Torah reading of Beshalach. This Ten explores the meaning of this custom and how important it might be to say it - and think it - every other day as well. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#899 - Miriam, the Heroine of the Exodus - 1/30/23</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#899 - Miriam, the Heroine of the Exodus - 1/30/23</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t899-miriam-the-heroine-of-the-exodus-13023/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t899-miriam-the-heroine-of-the-exodus-13023/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 09:33:33 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Miriam is often seen as a "third wheel" among her more active brothers, Moshe and Aharon. Take Ten to learn the critical and overlooked role that she had in the salvation of the Jewish people, and why she is equally listed as one of our saviors. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Miriam is often seen as a "third wheel" among her more active brothers, Moshe and Aharon. Take Ten to learn the critical and overlooked role that she had in the salvation of the Jewish people, and why she is equally listed as one of our saviors. </em></p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Miriam is often seen as a "third wheel" among her more active brothers, Moshe and Aharon. Take Ten to learn the critical and overlooked role that she had in the salvation of the Jewish people, and why she is equally listed as one of our saviors. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>TT4T#898 - Blessing on Sight - 12/22/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#898 - Blessing on Sight - 12/22/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t898-blissing-on-sight-122222/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t898-blissing-on-sight-122222/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2022 09:45:24 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We find some very unique laws relating to the lighting of the Menorah. This Ten discusses the - mostly unknown - beracha made while walking down a street and simply witnessing the lights of someone else's Menorah. Why would we make a beracha on this mitzvah "sighting" and not on witnessing other mitzvot? The answer to this and more in Ten or less. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We find some very unique laws relating to the lighting of the Menorah. This Ten discusses the - mostly unknown - beracha made while walking down a street and simply witnessing the lights of someone else's Menorah. Why would we make a beracha on this mitzvah "sighting" and not on witnessing other mitzvot? The answer to this and more in Ten or less. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We find some very unique laws relating to the lighting of the Menorah. This Ten discusses the - mostly unknown - beracha made while walking down a street and simply witnessing the lights of someone else's Menorah. Why would we make a beracha on this mitzvah "sighting" and not on witnessing other mitzvot? The answer to this and more in Ten or less. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>TT4T#897 - Is Chanukah Really Sukkot? - 12/21/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#897 - Is Chanukah Really Sukkot? - 12/21/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t897-is-chanukah-really-sukkot-122122/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t897-is-chanukah-really-sukkot-122122/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2022 08:04:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p> </p>

<p>Beit Shamai is famous for holding that the proper way to light the menorah is to light eight candles on the first night and then descend each night so that we light only one on the final night. This Ten explores the reason for their position, particularly in how it references a surprising Chanukah-Sukkot connection.</p>

<p> </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> </p>

<p>Beit Shamai is famous for holding that the proper way to light the menorah is to light eight candles on the first night and then descend each night so that we light only one on the final night. This Ten explores the reason for their position, particularly in how it references a surprising Chanukah-Sukkot connection.</p>

<p> </p>
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Beit Shamai is famous for holding that the proper way to light the menorah is to light eight candles on the first night and then descend each night so that we light only one on the final night. This Ten explores the reason for their position, particularly in how it references a surprising Chanukah-Sukkot connection.

 ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>TT4T#896 - Don’t Settle - 12/20/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#896 - Don’t Settle - 12/20/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t896-don-t-settle-122020/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t896-don-t-settle-122020/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2022 09:48:49 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The mitzvah of lighting candles of Chanukah is constructed in a scaled way that is unlike any other mitzvah. Why is that so? Take Ten to find out.</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The mitzvah of lighting candles of Chanukah is constructed in a scaled way that is unlike any other mitzvah. Why is that so? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The mitzvah of lighting candles of Chanukah is constructed in a scaled way that is unlike any other mitzvah. Why is that so? Take Ten to find out.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>606</itunes:duration>
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        <title>TT4T#895 - Chanukah is Different - 12/19/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#895 - Chanukah is Different - 12/19/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t895-chanukah-is-different-121922/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t895-chanukah-is-different-121922/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2022 09:58:41 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>One of the two rabbinically mandated holidays, Chanukah is distinct from Purim in how it is observed in practice. Why is this? Take Ten to find out.</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the two rabbinically mandated holidays, Chanukah is distinct from Purim in how it is observed in practice. Why is this? Take Ten to find out.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[One of the two rabbinically mandated holidays, Chanukah is distinct from Purim in how it is observed in practice. Why is this? Take Ten to find out.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>599</itunes:duration>
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        <title>TT4T#894 - Yaakov and Cyber Monday - 11/28/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#894 - Yaakov and Cyber Monday - 11/28/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t894-yaakov-and-cyber-monday-112822/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t894-yaakov-and-cyber-monday-112822/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2022 09:59:47 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>If you have 10 minutes to interrupt from Cyber Monday shopping, you might want to listen to this analysis of the ethics of distracted work. What does our forefather Yaakov teach us in this regard? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you have 10 minutes to interrupt from Cyber Monday shopping, you might want to listen to this analysis of the ethics of distracted work. What does our forefather Yaakov teach us in this regard? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[If you have 10 minutes to interrupt from Cyber Monday shopping, you might want to listen to this analysis of the ethics of distracted work. What does our forefather Yaakov teach us in this regard? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>601</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>806</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#893 - Leah’s Thanksgiving - 11/24/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#893 - Leah’s Thanksgiving - 11/24/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t893-leah-s-thanksgiving-112422/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t893-leah-s-thanksgiving-112422/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2022 09:57:01 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The Talmud credits Leah with being the first person in history to offer gratitude to G-d. How can this be? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Talmud credits Leah with being the first person in history to offer gratitude to G-d. How can this be? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Talmud credits Leah with being the first person in history to offer gratitude to G-d. How can this be? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>614</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>805</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#892 - Bikur Cholim - What Do I Do? - 11/7/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#892 - Bikur Cholim - What Do I Do? - 11/7/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t892-bikur-cholim-what-do-i-do-11722/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t892-bikur-cholim-what-do-i-do-11722/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 09:26:14 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/42ba0b73-9a1e-3982-a6d6-5aff8448b24c</guid>
                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We are familiar with the mitzvah of visiting this sick, but what are its goals, and what is expected of us? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are familiar with the mitzvah of visiting this sick, but what are its goals, and what is expected of us? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
        <enclosure url="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5g9ew8/_892_-_TT4T_-_Bikur_Cholim_-_What_to_Do8tozk.mp3" length="12438593" type="audio/mpeg"/>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We are familiar with the mitzvah of visiting this sick, but what are its goals, and what is expected of us? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>621</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>804</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#891 - Avraham was... Different - 11/2/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#891 - Avraham was... Different - 11/2/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t891-avraham-was-different-11222/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t891-avraham-was-different-11222/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 10:06:45 -0300</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/7c05e604-1dd1-3cc1-9a06-305c7d52c125</guid>
                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Avraham was different than the people of his day and has always been acknowledged for that independence. How important is this part of his personality to us, his descendants? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Avraham was different than the people of his day and has always been acknowledged for that independence. How important is this part of his personality to us, his descendants? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Avraham was different than the people of his day and has always been acknowledged for that independence. How important is this part of his personality to us, his descendants? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>607</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>803</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#890 - Avraham’s Story - 10/31/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#890 - Avraham’s Story - 10/31/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t890-avraham-s-story-103122/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t890-avraham-s-story-103122/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 10:00:19 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Avraham's beliefs set him on a crash course with he world around him. What did he discover? How did he ensure that his teachings would remain in the minds of his children? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Avraham's beliefs set him on a crash course with he world around him. What did he discover? How did he ensure that his teachings would remain in the minds of his children? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>614</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>802</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4t - My King - 9/22/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4t - My King - 9/22/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t-my-king-92222/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t-my-king-92222/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:15:00 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p> </p>

<p>What do we mean when, over the course of Rosh Hashana, we focus on establishing G-d as King? Take Ten to find out. </p>

<p> </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> </p>

<p>What do we mean when, over the course of Rosh Hashana, we focus on establishing G-d as King? Take Ten to find out. </p>

<p> </p>
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What do we mean when, over the course of Rosh Hashana, we focus on establishing G-d as King? Take Ten to find out. 

 ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>TT4T#888 - The Story of Loans and Pruzbul - 9/20/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#888 - The Story of Loans and Pruzbul - 9/20/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t888-the-story-of-loans-and-pruzbul-92022/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t888-the-story-of-loans-and-pruzbul-92022/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2022 10:07:09 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>This year we find specific laws relating to loans and making sure you are able to collect them. What is the Jewish ethic of making loans to those in need? How does a Pruzbul fit into this picture? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>Sponsored by Judy Lewis and Family in memory of Zachary Dicker, Zecharia Yehuda ben Shimshon z"l. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This year we find specific laws relating to loans and making sure you are able to collect them. What is the Jewish ethic of making loans to those in need? How does a Pruzbul fit into this picture? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>Sponsored by Judy Lewis and Family in memory of Zachary Dicker, Zecharia Yehuda ben Shimshon z"l. </em></p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This year we find specific laws relating to loans and making sure you are able to collect them. What is the Jewish ethic of making loans to those in need? How does a Pruzbul fit into this picture? Take Ten to find out. 
Sponsored by Judy Lewis and Family in memory of Zachary Dicker, Zecharia Yehuda ben Shimshon z"l. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>SPECIAL EPISODE - The ”JM EXPLAINER” with R’ Yisrael Motzen</title>
        <itunes:title>SPECIAL EPISODE - The ”JM EXPLAINER” with R’ Yisrael Motzen</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/special-episode-the-jm-explainer-with-r-yisrael-motzen/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/special-episode-the-jm-explainer-with-r-yisrael-motzen/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2022 22:36:44 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Enjoy this exchange with special guest Rabbi Yisrael Motzen as we embark on an ongoing conversation about the meaning we take from popular, contemporary Jewish music. </p>
<p>In this episode, we discuss a beautiful new song by an Israeli artist named Shmuel Perednik called "Ten li Tefilah" (Give Me One Prayer)</p>
<p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wYyIvFFp4g&feature=emb_logo'>Here</a> is the song on YouTube. <a href='https://lyricstranslate.com/en/ten-li-tfilah-give-me-one-prayer.html'>Here</a> is the translation. </p>
<p>PLEASE send feedback to <a href='mailto:rabbiismach@taketen4torah.org'>rabbiismach@taketen4torah.org</a></p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Enjoy this exchange with special guest Rabbi Yisrael Motzen as we embark on an ongoing conversation about the meaning we take from popular, contemporary Jewish music. </p>
<p>In this episode, we discuss a beautiful new song by an Israeli artist named Shmuel Perednik called "<em>Ten li Tefilah" (Give Me One Prayer)</em></p>
<p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wYyIvFFp4g&feature=emb_logo'>Here</a> is the song on YouTube. <a href='https://lyricstranslate.com/en/ten-li-tfilah-give-me-one-prayer.html'>Here</a> is the translation. </p>
<p>PLEASE send feedback to <a href='mailto:rabbiismach@taketen4torah.org'>rabbiismach@taketen4torah.org</a></p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Enjoy this exchange with special guest Rabbi Yisrael Motzen as we embark on an ongoing conversation about the meaning we take from popular, contemporary Jewish music. 
In this episode, we discuss a beautiful new song by an Israeli artist named Shmuel Perednik called "Ten li Tefilah" (Give Me One Prayer)
Here is the song on YouTube. Here is the translation. 
PLEASE send feedback to rabbiismach@taketen4torah.org
Enjoy!]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>797</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>799</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#887 - The 13 Attributes - 9/15/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#887 - The 13 Attributes - 9/15/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t887-the-13-attributes-91522/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t887-the-13-attributes-91522/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2022 09:45:57 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We will mention the 13 attributes many dozens of times over the course of the Slichot through Yom Kippur season. But what do they mean? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We will mention the 13 attributes many dozens of times over the course of the Slichot through Yom Kippur season. But what do they mean? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We will mention the 13 attributes many dozens of times over the course of the Slichot through Yom Kippur season. But what do they mean? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>630</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>798</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#886 - Selichot - 9/14/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#886 - Selichot - 9/14/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t886-selichot-91422/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t886-selichot-91422/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2022 09:54:26 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>This Saturday night we begin the special Tefilot of Selichot, composed to take advantage of the auspicious time of the High Holiday season. What is the origin and meaning of these prayers? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This Saturday night we begin the special Tefilot of Selichot, composed to take advantage of the auspicious time of the High Holiday season. What is the origin and meaning of these prayers? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This Saturday night we begin the special Tefilot of Selichot, composed to take advantage of the auspicious time of the High Holiday season. What is the origin and meaning of these prayers? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>613</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>797</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#885 - Broken Sounds - 9/12/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#885 - Broken Sounds - 9/12/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t885-broken-sounds-91222/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t885-broken-sounds-91222/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2022 09:56:45 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[
<p>The Torah doesn't say much about the obligation to blow the Shofar other than to make a "Teruah" sound. What is that sound? This Ten explores the different possibilities and answers the question of how we possibly could have ever been confused about this in the first place.</p>

 
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[
<p>The Torah doesn't say much about the obligation to blow the Shofar other than to make a "Teruah" sound. What is that sound? This Ten explores the different possibilities and answers the question of how we possibly could have ever been confused about this in the first place.</p>

 
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[
The Torah doesn't say much about the obligation to blow the Shofar other than to make a "Teruah" sound. What is that sound? This Ten explores the different possibilities and answers the question of how we possibly could have ever been confused about this in the first place.

 
]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>626</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>796</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#884 - Judgy-ness - 9/1/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#884 - Judgy-ness - 9/1/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t884-judgy-ness-9122/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t884-judgy-ness-9122/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2022 08:54:13 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Take Ten to learn about how generosity in the judgment of others can bring us towards a more generous judgment from G-d. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Take Ten to learn about how generosity in the judgment of others can bring us towards a more generous judgment from G-d. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Take Ten to learn about how generosity in the judgment of others can bring us towards a more generous judgment from G-d. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>624</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>795</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#883 - You Think You’re Better than ME?</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#883 - You Think You’re Better than ME?</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t883-you-think-you-re-better-than-me/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t883-you-think-you-re-better-than-me/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2022 09:46:11 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The Torah instructs us to rebuke others, but does that mean to turn us into preachy and judgemental people? Take Ten to find out.</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Torah instructs us to rebuke others, but does that mean to turn us into preachy and judgemental people? Take Ten to find out.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Torah instructs us to rebuke others, but does that mean to turn us into preachy and judgemental people? Take Ten to find out.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>626</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>794</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#882 - Two Davids - 8/30/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#882 - Two Davids - 8/30/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t882-two-davids-83022/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t882-two-davids-83022/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:03:14 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Each day during Elul we add Psalm 27 to our prayers. Why is this paragraph so important and what does it even mean? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Each day during Elul we add Psalm 27 to our prayers. Why is this paragraph so important and what does it even mean? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Each day during Elul we add Psalm 27 to our prayers. Why is this paragraph so important and what does it even mean? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>620</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>793</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#881 - E.L.U.L. - 8/29/22 - WELCOME BACK!</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#881 - E.L.U.L. - 8/29/22 - WELCOME BACK!</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t881-elul-82922-welcome-back/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t881-elul-82922-welcome-back/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2022 10:00:47 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>What is the significance of the month of Elul and why do we draw so much meaning from the acronym of the word? Take Ten to find out!</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What is the significance of the month of Elul and why do we draw so much meaning from the acronym of the word? Take Ten to find out!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What is the significance of the month of Elul and why do we draw so much meaning from the acronym of the word? Take Ten to find out!]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>626</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>792</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#880 - Who is to Blame? - 8/7/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#880 - Who is to Blame? - 8/7/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4880-who-is-to-blame-8722/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4880-who-is-to-blame-8722/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2022 15:56:26 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>When bad events occur, how should we go about assigning blame? Using one of the most famous Talmudic stories, take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>Sponsored by the Anfang family in memory of Aryeh Leib ben David Avigdor.</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When bad events occur, how should we go about assigning blame? Using one of the most famous Talmudic stories, take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>Sponsored by the Anfang family in memory of Aryeh Leib ben David Avigdor.</em></p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[When bad events occur, how should we go about assigning blame? Using one of the most famous Talmudic stories, take Ten to find out. 
Sponsored by the Anfang family in memory of Aryeh Leib ben David Avigdor.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>620</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>791</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#789 - Balak Every Day - 7/11/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#789 - Balak Every Day - 7/11/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t789-balak-every-day-71122/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t789-balak-every-day-71122/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2022 11:06:19 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Parshat Balak includes one of the most unique stories in the entire Torah, a story that the Talmud thought should be read every day. Why is it so special? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>This Ten is ponsored by the Braunstein family in memory of Marie Dweck a”h, Miryam bat Mordechai HaCohen. </p>
<p> </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Parshat Balak includes one of the most unique stories in the entire Torah, a story that the Talmud thought should be read every day. Why is it so special? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>This Ten is ponsored by the Braunstein family in memory of Marie Dweck a”h, Miryam bat Mordechai HaCohen. </em></p>
<p> </p>
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This Ten is ponsored by the Braunstein family in memory of Marie Dweck a”h, Miryam bat Mordechai HaCohen. 
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>TT4T#878 - Loving Blessings - 6/9/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#878 - Loving Blessings - 6/9/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t878-loving-blessings-6922/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t878-loving-blessings-6922/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2022 14:07:37 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>While the text of the Kohanic blessings is formulaic, the most important part is emotional. Take Ten to learn about the love that is required to bless. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While the text of the Kohanic blessings is formulaic, the most important part is emotional. Take Ten to learn about the love that is required to bless. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>603</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>789</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#877 - The Pursuit of Perfection - 6/2/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#877 - The Pursuit of Perfection - 6/2/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t877-the-pursuit-of-perfection-6222/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t877-the-pursuit-of-perfection-6222/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:36:16 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The holiday of Shavuot begins late due to the hour of sunset this time of year, but as you might be aware, we delay its start even further than we do for other holidays. Take Ten to learn how this delay came about and how it speaks to our "Pursuit of Perfection."</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The holiday of Shavuot begins late due to the hour of sunset this time of year, but as you might be aware, we delay its start even further than we do for other holidays. Take Ten to learn how this delay came about and how it speaks to our "Pursuit of Perfection."</p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>622</itunes:duration>
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        <title>TT4T#876 - The Day Between - 6/1/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#876 - The Day Between - 6/1/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t876-the-day-between-6122/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t876-the-day-between-6122/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2022 09:05:24 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Today is a very "special" day. Known as "Yom HaMeyuchas," it's a day that we treat as a quasi-holiday. Take Ten to learn why.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today is a very "special" day. Known as "Yom HaMeyuchas," it's a day that we treat as a quasi-holiday. Take Ten to learn why.</p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Today is a very "special" day. Known as "Yom HaMeyuchas," it's a day that we treat as a quasi-holiday. Take Ten to learn why.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>604</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>787</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#875 - Torah, Or Else? - 5/31/2022</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#875 - Torah, Or Else? - 5/31/2022</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t875-torah-or-else-5312022/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t875-torah-or-else-5312022/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2022 10:13:26 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>There is a rich midrashic tradition concerning the moment the Torah was given that paints a picture of all the world hanging in the balance. Would the Jews accept the Torah? This Ten discusses the gravity of that moment and how compulsion might be the only thing that could allow us to make the right decision. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a rich midrashic tradition concerning the moment the Torah was given that paints a picture of all the world hanging in the balance. Would the Jews accept the Torah? This Ten discusses the gravity of that moment and how compulsion might be the only thing that could allow us to make the right decision. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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                <itunes:episode>786</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#874 - A Purchasing Primer - 5/24/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#874 - A Purchasing Primer - 5/24/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t874-a-purchasing-primer-52422/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t874-a-purchasing-primer-52422/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2022 08:44:14 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>There is much in Jewish law that defines the process of buying and selling. What are some of these rules? At what point do items actually change ownership? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is much in Jewish law that defines the process of buying and selling. What are some of these rules? At what point do items actually change ownership? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There is much in Jewish law that defines the process of buying and selling. What are some of these rules? At what point do items actually change ownership? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>630</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>785</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#873 - Berlin vs. Jerusalem - 5/23/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#873 - Berlin vs. Jerusalem - 5/23/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t873-berlin-vs-jerusalem-52322/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t873-berlin-vs-jerusalem-52322/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2022 09:04:42 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>R' Meir Simcha of Dvinsk offered a prescient perspective on the nature and patterns of exile. What are the Jewish people meant to expect in the diaspora? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p> </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>R' Meir Simcha of Dvinsk offered a prescient perspective on the nature and patterns of exile. What are the Jewish people meant to expect in the diaspora? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p> </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[R' Meir Simcha of Dvinsk offered a prescient perspective on the nature and patterns of exile. What are the Jewish people meant to expect in the diaspora? Take Ten to find out. 
 ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>622</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>784</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#872 - Second Chances - 5/16/</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#872 - Second Chances - 5/16/</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t872-second-chances-516/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t872-second-chances-516/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2022 09:08:03 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Pesach Sheni was originally created for those who were not able to bring the Pesach on the appropriate date. What can those who did do it right the first time learn from this make-up? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pesach Sheni was originally created for those who were not able to bring the Pesach on the appropriate date. What can those who did do it right the first time learn from this make-up? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pesach Sheni was originally created for those who were not able to bring the Pesach on the appropriate date. What can those who did do it right the first time learn from this make-up? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>609</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>783</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#871 - The Potential of Sefirah - 5/10/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#871 - The Potential of Sefirah - 5/10/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t871-the-potential-of-sefirah-51022/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t871-the-potential-of-sefirah-51022/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2022 09:01:42 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>While we are in the process of counting from the Korban Omer, we also find ourselves mourning the loss of R' Akiva's students. What is the connection between these two events? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While we are in the process of counting from the Korban Omer, we also find ourselves mourning the loss of R' Akiva's students. What is the connection between these two events? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
        <enclosure url="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/piicjh/_871_-TT4T_-_The_Potential_of_Sefira7bb4g.mp3" length="12327834" type="audio/mpeg"/>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[While we are in the process of counting from the Korban Omer, we also find ourselves mourning the loss of R' Akiva's students. What is the connection between these two events? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>616</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>782</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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    <item>
        <title>TT4T#870 - Love Thy Neighbor - 5/2/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#870 - Love Thy Neighbor - 5/2/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t870-love-thy-neighbor-5222/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t870-love-thy-neighbor-5222/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2022 09:59:44 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>What does the most famous of rules: "Love your neighbor as yourself" really mean? What sort of behavior does it actually demand? Take Ten to find out.</p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored for the refuah sheleima of Chaya Sheindel bas Devorah.</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What does the most famous of rules: "Love your neighbor as yourself" really mean? What sort of behavior does it actually demand? Take Ten to find out.</p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored for the refuah sheleima of Chaya Sheindel bas Devorah.</em></p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What does the most famous of rules: "Love your neighbor as yourself" really mean? What sort of behavior does it actually demand? Take Ten to find out.
This Ten is sponsored for the refuah sheleima of Chaya Sheindel bas Devorah.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>618</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>781</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#869 - Golden Silence - 4/27/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#869 - Golden Silence - 4/27/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t869-golden-silence-42722/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t869-golden-silence-42722/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 09:53:06 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The Mishna teaches about the preeminent value of silence. To what situations and conversations does it refer? Take Ten to find out.  </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored for the refuah sheleima of Chaya Sheindel bas Devorah. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Mishna teaches about the preeminent value of silence. To what situations and conversations does it refer? Take Ten to find out.  </p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored for the refuah sheleima of Chaya Sheindel bas Devorah. </em></p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Mishna teaches about the preeminent value of silence. To what situations and conversations does it refer? Take Ten to find out.  
This Ten is sponsored for the refuah sheleima of Chaya Sheindel bas Devorah. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>614</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>780</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#868 - Weekly Avot - 4/26/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#868 - Weekly Avot - 4/26/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t868-weekly-avot-42622/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t868-weekly-avot-42622/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2022 09:26:28 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Many have the custom to learn Pirkei Avot during the weeks after Pesach and throughout the summer. Take Ten to learn why this may have been established as our summer Torah curriculum.</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many have the custom to learn Pirkei Avot during the weeks after Pesach and throughout the summer. Take Ten to learn why this may have been established as our summer Torah curriculum.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
        <enclosure url="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/nbszx4/_868_-TT4T-_Weekly_Avot9j4xo.mp3" length="12442250" type="audio/mpeg"/>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Many have the custom to learn Pirkei Avot during the weeks after Pesach and throughout the summer. Take Ten to learn why this may have been established as our summer Torah curriculum.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>622</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>779</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#867 - Hastey Matzah - 4/11/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#867 - Hastey Matzah - 4/11/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t867-hastey-matzah-41122/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t867-hastey-matzah-41122/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2022 09:53:10 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The reason for the symbol of Matzah that is given relates to the haste in which we left Egypt. And in that way, it represents our freedom. At the same time, we recite "Ha Lachma Anya," and declare it to be representative of affliction and slavery. Which is it? This Ten resolves this and other Matzah contradictions.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The reason for the symbol of Matzah that is given relates to the haste in which we left Egypt. And in that way, it represents our freedom. At the same time, we recite "Ha Lachma Anya," and declare it to be representative of affliction and slavery. Which is it? This Ten resolves this and other Matzah contradictions.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
        <enclosure url="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/u7kwzc/_867_-TT4T-_Hastey_Matzahau7fq.mp3" length="11408324" type="audio/mpeg"/>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The reason for the symbol of Matzah that is given relates to the haste in which we left Egypt. And in that way, it represents our freedom. At the same time, we recite "Ha Lachma Anya," and declare it to be representative of affliction and slavery. Which is it? This Ten resolves this and other Matzah contradictions.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>570</itunes:duration>
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        <title>TT4T#866 - The Rasha Reaction - 4/7/22</title>
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        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t866-the-rasha-reaction-4722/</link>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>When the Hagadah mentions that we "blunt" the teeth of the wicked child, what does it actually mean? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When the Hagadah mentions that we "blunt" the teeth of the wicked child, what does it actually mean? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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        <title>TT4T#865 - Don’t ”Steal” the Afikoman - 4/6/22</title>
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        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t865-don-t-steal-the-afikoman-4622/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t865-don-t-steal-the-afikoman-4622/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2022 10:07:30 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Many of us have the custom to engage in the ransom of the Afikoman on the seder night. Take Ten to learn the origin of this custom and why, to some, we've been doing it all wrong. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many of us have the custom to engage in the ransom of the Afikoman on the seder night. Take Ten to learn the origin of this custom and why, to some, we've been doing it all wrong. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#864 - Confused Matzah - 4/4/22</title>
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        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t864-confused-matzah-4422/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t864-confused-matzah-4422/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2022 09:59:10 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>A close look at the explanations for why we eat matzah at the Seder reveals that there are really two contradictory symbols described. Why is this so? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A close look at the explanations for why we eat matzah at the Seder reveals that there are really two contradictory symbols described. Why is this so? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#863 - The Matzah Buying Guide</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#863 - The Matzah Buying Guide</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t863-the-matzah-buying-guide/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t863-the-matzah-buying-guide/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2022 09:14:33 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>With so many options in the stores and such an extreme price difference, how do we understand the Matzah economy and which to choose? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With so many options in the stores and such an extreme price difference, how do we understand the Matzah economy and which to choose? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#862 - Radioactive Chametz - 3/28/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#862 - Radioactive Chametz - 3/28/22</itunes:title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Of all the halachically prohibited substances, why is Chametz treated the worst? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of all the halachically prohibited substances, why is Chametz treated the worst? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:duration>622</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>773</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#861 - How to Clean for Pesach #3</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#861 - How to Clean for Pesach #3</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t861-how-to-clean-for-pesach-3/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:59:09 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>How much is too much when it comes to cleaning for Pesach? This short series discusses some of the well-known controversies relating to Pesach observance and discusses the actual cleaning requirements. Take Ten to find out why it might be easier than you think!</p>
<p>Part 3 - Where to look for Chametz? how do we "kill" Chametz? What's the difference between cleaning bedrooms and "food" rooms? And some practical tips.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How much is too much when it comes to cleaning for Pesach? This short series discusses some of the well-known controversies relating to Pesach observance and discusses the actual cleaning requirements. Take Ten to find out why it might be easier than you think!</p>
<p><em>Part 3 - Where to look for Chametz? how do we "kill" Chametz? What's the difference between cleaning bedrooms and "food" rooms? And some practical tips.</em></p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[How much is too much when it comes to cleaning for Pesach? This short series discusses some of the well-known controversies relating to Pesach observance and discusses the actual cleaning requirements. Take Ten to find out why it might be easier than you think!
Part 3 - Where to look for Chametz? how do we "kill" Chametz? What's the difference between cleaning bedrooms and "food" rooms? And some practical tips.]]></itunes:summary>
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        <title>TT4T#860 - How to Clean for Pesach #2</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#860 - How to Clean for Pesach #2</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t860-how-to-clean-for-pesach-2/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2022 10:02:46 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>How much is too much when it comes to cleaning for Pesach? This short series discusses some of the well-known controversies relating to Pesach observance and discusses the actual cleaning requirements. Take Ten to find out why it might be easier than you think!</p>
<p>Part 2 - What is Chametz vs. Seor? What are we actually looking for when we search our homes for Chametz?</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How much is too much when it comes to cleaning for Pesach? This short series discusses some of the well-known controversies relating to Pesach observance and discusses the actual cleaning requirements. Take Ten to find out why it might be easier than you think!</p>
<p>Part 2 - What is Chametz vs. Seor? What are we actually looking for when we search our homes for Chametz?</p>
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Part 2 - What is Chametz vs. Seor? What are we actually looking for when we search our homes for Chametz?]]></itunes:summary>
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        <title>TT4T#859 - How to Clean for Pesach #1 - 3/22/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#859 - How to Clean for Pesach #1 - 3/22/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t859-how-to-clean-for-pesach-1-32222/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t859-how-to-clean-for-pesach-1-32222/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:03:13 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>How much is too much when it comes to cleaning for Pesach? This short series discusses some of the well-known controversies relating to Pesach observance and discusses the actual cleaning requirements. Take Ten to find out why it might be easier than you think!
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>How much is too much when it comes to cleaning for Pesach? This short series discusses some of the well-known controversies relating to Pesach observance and discusses the actual cleaning requirements. Take Ten to find out why it might be easier than you think!<br>
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        <title>TT4T#858 - Ukranian Refugees - 3/21/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#858 - Ukranian Refugees - 3/21/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t858-ukranian-refugees-32122/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t858-ukranian-refugees-32122/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2022 09:37:27 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p> </p>
<p>What should we be thinking about populations that have historically behaved terribly towards the Jewish people? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
<p> </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> </p>
<p>What should we be thinking about populations that have historically behaved terribly towards the Jewish people? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
<p> </p>
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What should we be thinking about populations that have historically behaved terribly towards the Jewish people? Take Ten to find out. 
This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#857 - The Different Fast - 3/16/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#857 - The Different Fast - 3/16/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t857-the-different-fast-31622/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t857-the-different-fast-31622/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2022 09:21:51 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Taanit Esther is anomalous from the other fasts we find on the Jewish calendar. How and why is this fast different than all other fast days? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by he Weinblatt family l'ilui nishmat Moshe ben Simcha Bunim, Maurice Belfer on his Yahrtzeit.</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Taanit Esther is anomalous from the other fasts we find on the Jewish calendar. How and why is this fast different than all other fast days? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by he Weinblatt family l'ilui nishmat Moshe ben Simcha Bunim, Maurice Belfer on his Yahrtzeit.</em></p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Taanit Esther is anomalous from the other fasts we find on the Jewish calendar. How and why is this fast different than all other fast days? Take Ten to find out. 
This Ten is sponsored by he Weinblatt family l'ilui nishmat Moshe ben Simcha Bunim, Maurice Belfer on his Yahrtzeit.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#856 - The Gift of Giving - 3/9/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#856 - The Gift of Giving - 3/9/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t-the-gift-of-giving-3922/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t-the-gift-of-giving-3922/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2022 09:57:49 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>There is a unique type of giving that is done on Purim. Why is it so unique? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a unique type of giving that is done on Purim. Why is it so unique? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There is a unique type of giving that is done on Purim. Why is it so unique? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>626</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>767</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#855 - Mishloach Manot - 3/8/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#855 - Mishloach Manot - 3/8/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t855-mishloach-manot-3822/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t855-mishloach-manot-3822/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2022 10:06:39 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>What are the requirements for the mitzvah of Mishloach Manot? Why is this Mitzvah connected to Purim in the first place? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p> </p>

<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis,  Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>

<p> </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What are the requirements for the mitzvah of Mishloach Manot? Why is this Mitzvah connected to Purim in the first place? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p> </p>

<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis,  Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>

<p> </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What are the requirements for the mitzvah of Mishloach Manot? Why is this Mitzvah connected to Purim in the first place? Take Ten to find out. 
 

This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis,  Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l

 ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#854 - Amalek Goals - 3/7/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#854 - Amalek Goals - 3/7/22</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t854-amalek-goals-3722/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:07:09 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>This week we read the story of the original battle with Amalek. How does this battle relate to the later battle between Haman and the Jews? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week we read the story of the original battle with Amalek. How does this battle relate to the later battle between Haman and the Jews? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <title>TT4T#853 - The Accounting - 2/28/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#853 - The Accounting - 2/28/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t853-the-accounting-22822/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t853-the-accounting-22822/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 10:04:36 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>What protocols are in place to ensure that Temple communal charitable giving is on the up and up? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis,  Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What protocols are in place to ensure that Temple communal charitable giving is on the up and up? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis,  Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
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        <title>TT4T#852 - Your Shabbat Glow -  2/25/22</title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t852-your-shabbat-glow-22522/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 09:04:12 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>There is a glow that shines on our faces on Shabbat. What is the nature of this glow and how can we benefit from it? Take Ten to find out.</p>
<p>Sponsored by the Rydzinski Family l'ilui nishmas Ita bas Yeshaya and Chana Sara a"h</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a glow that shines on our faces on Shabbat. What is the nature of this glow and how can we benefit from it? Take Ten to find out.</p>
<p><em>Sponsored by the Rydzinski Family l'ilui nishmas Ita bas Yeshaya and Chana Sara a"h</em></p>
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        <title>TT4T#851 - Shabbat Lighting Instructions - 2/22/22</title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t851-shabbat-lighting-instructions-22222/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 08:46:26 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>On Fridays nights we have the custom to read a particular chapter from the Mishnayot of Shabbat. How did this custom develop and what are its goals? Take Ten to find out.</p>
<p> </p>

<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis,  Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>

<p> </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Fridays nights we have the custom to read a particular chapter from the Mishnayot of Shabbat. How did this custom develop and what are its goals? Take Ten to find out.</p>
<p> </p>

<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis,  Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>

<p> </p>
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This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis,  Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l

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        <title>TT4T#850 - The 6 Constants - 2/21/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#850 - The 6 Constants - 2/21/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t850-the-6-constants-22122/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t850-the-6-constants-22122/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2022 11:06:30 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>As we begin our day, we are taught that there are six things to always keep at the forefront of our minds. What are they? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>Sponsored by the Braunstein and Katz families in memory of Ben Dweck, Tofik Ben Zion HaKohen ben Yaacov vs Jemila z"l.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As we begin our day, we are taught that there are six things to always keep at the forefront of our minds. What are they? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>Sponsored by the Braunstein and Katz families in memory of Ben Dweck, Tofik Ben Zion HaKohen ben Yaacov vs Jemila z"l.</em></p>
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        <title>TT4T#849 - Moshe’s Keren - 2/16/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#849 - Moshe’s Keren - 2/16/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t849-moshe-s-keren-21622/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t849-moshe-s-keren-21622/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:15:49 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>When Moshe descended from the mountain with the second set of Luchot, he is described as being aglow. Take Ten to learn the reason for this glow and the various ways it has been misunderstood throughout history.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When Moshe descended from the mountain with the second set of Luchot, he is described as being aglow. Take Ten to learn the reason for this glow and the various ways it has been misunderstood throughout history.</p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:duration>614</itunes:duration>
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        <title>TT4T#848 - Purim Katan - 2/15/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#848 - Purim Katan - 2/15/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t848-purim-katan-21522/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t848-purim-katan-21522/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 09:29:45 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>When there are two months of Adar, the holiday of Purim is observed in the second month, while the 14th and 15th days of the first Adar are known as Purim Katan. What is the nature of that "small" Purim? What are its laws? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis,  Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When there are two months of Adar, the holiday of Purim is observed in the second month, while the 14th and 15th days of the first Adar are known as Purim Katan. What is the nature of that "small" Purim? What are its laws? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis,  Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
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This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis,  Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#847 - Milk and Meat - 2/14/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#847 - Milk and Meat - 2/14/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t847-milk-and-meat-21422/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t847-milk-and-meat-21422/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:42:15 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The Torah repeats the prohibition of "Don't cook a kid in its mother's milk" three separate times. Why the redundancy? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Torah repeats the prohibition of "Don't cook a kid in its mother's milk" three separate times. Why the redundancy? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Torah repeats the prohibition of "Don't cook a kid in its mother's milk" three separate times. Why the redundancy? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>625</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>758</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#846 - Consistently Exciting - 2/11/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#846 - Consistently Exciting - 2/11/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t846-consistently-exciting-21122/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t846-consistently-exciting-21122/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2022 09:32:01 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Our Parsha teaches of the daily Korban brought in the Beit Hamikdash. What are the challenges and opportunities of such consistency? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by Shaina Slonim in memory of Yechiel Chaim ben Avraham z"l.</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our Parsha teaches of the daily Korban brought in the Beit Hamikdash. What are the challenges and opportunities of such consistency? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by Shaina Slonim in memory of Yechiel Chaim ben Avraham z"l.</em></p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Our Parsha teaches of the daily Korban brought in the Beit Hamikdash. What are the challenges and opportunities of such consistency? Take Ten to find out. 
This Ten is sponsored by Shaina Slonim in memory of Yechiel Chaim ben Avraham z"l.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>620</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>757</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#845 - The Highest Shuls - 2/10/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#845 - The Highest Shuls - 2/10/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t845-the-highest-shuls-21022/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t845-the-highest-shuls-21022/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 10:10:33 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Take Ten for a look at the modern day "Mikdash" that exists in every community and how its construction is of great symbolic and financial importance. </p>
<p>Today's Ten is sponsored by the Brownstein family in memory of Florence Brownstein a"h, Feiga bas Moshe. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Take Ten for a look at the modern day "Mikdash" that exists in every community and how its construction is of great symbolic and financial importance. </p>
<p><em>Today's Ten is sponsored by the Brownstein family in memory of Florence Brownstein a"h, Feiga bas Moshe. </em></p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
        <enclosure url="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wqiypz/_845_-_TT4T_-_The_Highest_Shuls8yf5r.mp3" length="12390005" type="audio/mpeg"/>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Take Ten for a look at the modern day "Mikdash" that exists in every community and how its construction is of great symbolic and financial importance. 
Today's Ten is sponsored by the Brownstein family in memory of Florence Brownstein a"h, Feiga bas Moshe. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#844 - Review - 2/8/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#844 - Review - 2/8/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t844-review-2822/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t844-review-2822/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2022 09:52:57 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We are taught not only to learn, but of the importance of reviewing our learning. Why the emphasis on review? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
<p> </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are taught not only to learn, but of the importance of reviewing our learning. Why the emphasis on review? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
<p> </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We are taught not only to learn, but of the importance of reviewing our learning. Why the emphasis on review? Take Ten to find out. 
This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l
 ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:duration>629</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>755</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#843 - What is Work? - 2/7/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#843 - What is Work? - 2/7/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t843-what-is-work-2722/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t843-what-is-work-2722/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 10:10:38 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We learn from multiple sources that constructing the Mishkan was forbidden on Shabbos, but why is it that the construction of the Mishkan actually defines what is forbidden on Shabbat? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We learn from multiple sources that constructing the Mishkan was forbidden on Shabbos, but why is it that the construction of the Mishkan actually defines what is forbidden on Shabbat? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
        <enclosure url="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/33fp8j/_843_-_TT4T_-_What_is_Work8sb9t.mp3" length="12472552" type="audio/mpeg"/>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We learn from multiple sources that constructing the Mishkan was forbidden on Shabbos, but why is it that the construction of the Mishkan actually defines what is forbidden on Shabbat? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>623</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>754</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#842 - Universal Mishkan - 2/1/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#842 - Universal Mishkan - 2/1/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t842-universal-mishkan-2122/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t842-universal-mishkan-2122/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:46:36 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>While we might know that the laws of keeping Shabbat are learned from the process of constructing the Mishkan, we might not be aware of the deep similarities that exist between the construction and the actual creation of the world. Take Ten to find out more.</p>
<p> </p>

<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>

<p> </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While we might know that the laws of keeping Shabbat are learned from the process of constructing the Mishkan, we might not be aware of the deep similarities that exist between the construction and the actual creation of the world. Take Ten to find out more.</p>
<p> </p>

<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>

<p> </p>
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This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l

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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>As we are about to embark on the first of two "happy months" of Adar, what are we supposed to be thinking or doing during these months? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>Sponsored by the Kamelhar family in l'ilui nishmat Golda bat Yitzchak.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As we are about to embark on the first of two "happy months" of Adar, what are we supposed to be thinking or doing during these months? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>Sponsored by the Kamelhar family in l'ilui nishmat Golda bat Yitzchak.</em></p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#840 - Religious Tort Law - 1/28/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#840 - Religious Tort Law - 1/28/22</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t840-religious-tort-law-12822/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:06:54 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Every society has developed some version of tort law and rules for how people are supposed to manage their mutual affairs. Judaism's version of these laws has a particularly religious flavor. How is this so? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>Sponsored l'ilui nishmat Denise bat Chaim.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every society has developed some version of tort law and rules for how people are supposed to manage their mutual affairs. Judaism's version of these laws has a particularly religious flavor. How is this so? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>Sponsored l'ilui nishmat Denise bat Chaim.</em></p>
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Sponsored l'ilui nishmat Denise bat Chaim.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>TT4T#839 - Lenders - 1/26/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#839 - Lenders - 1/26/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t839-lenders-12622/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t839-lenders-12622/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2022 08:41:35 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The Torah speaks of the Mitzvah of providing loans to Jews in need. What is this great Mitzvah about? Take Ten to find out.</p>
<p>Sponsored l'ilui nishmat Denise bat Chaim.</p>
<p> </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Torah speaks of the Mitzvah of providing loans to Jews in need. What is this great Mitzvah about? Take Ten to find out.</p>
<p><em>Sponsored l'ilui nishmat Denise bat Chaim.</em></p>
<p> </p>
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Sponsored l'ilui nishmat Denise bat Chaim.
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        <title>TT4T#838 - To Catch a Thief - 1/25/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#838 - To Catch a Thief - 1/25/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t838-to-catch-a-thief-12522/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t838-to-catch-a-thief-12522/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:52:27 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>There's a known prohibition regarding stealing and using people's property without permission. What are the rules regarding catching thieves? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There's a known prohibition regarding stealing and using people's property without permission. What are the rules regarding catching thieves? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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                <itunes:episode>749</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#837 - Crowd Control - 1/24/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#837 - Crowd Control - 1/24/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t837-crowd-control-12422/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t837-crowd-control-12422/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2022 09:12:24 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Parashat Mishpatim is the first large collection of laws that were given to the Jews. This Ten looks closely at two of those laws: 1) the prohibition against cursing a leader and 2) the command to follow the majority and argues that each target behavior is related to organizing a society and crowd control. Listen to why, for a fledgling nation, these laws may have been the most important.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Parashat Mishpatim is the first large collection of laws that were given to the Jews. This Ten looks closely at two of those laws: 1) the prohibition against cursing a leader and 2) the command to follow the majority and argues that each target behavior is related to organizing a society and crowd control. Listen to why, for a fledgling nation, these laws may have been the most important.</p>
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        <title>TT4T#836 - Shabbat All Week - 1/20/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#836 - Shabbat All Week - 1/20/22</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t836-shabbat-all-week-12022/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2022 11:14:23 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>How are we meant to "remember the Shabbat?" Does it mean remembering it on the day? Before the day? Or to take the memories with us? It seems that all are implied. How? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Wolf family in memory of Ruth bas Yosef.</p>
<p> </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How are we meant to "remember the Shabbat?" Does it mean remembering it on the day? Before the day? Or to take the memories with us? It seems that all are implied. How? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Wolf family in memory of Ruth bas Yosef.</em></p>
<p> </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[How are we meant to "remember the Shabbat?" Does it mean remembering it on the day? Before the day? Or to take the memories with us? It seems that all are implied. How? Take Ten to find out. 
This Ten is sponsored by the Wolf family in memory of Ruth bas Yosef.
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        <title>TT4T#835 - Shabbat Delight - 1/18/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#835 - Shabbat Delight - 1/18/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t835-shabbat-delight-11822/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t835-shabbat-delight-11822/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:30:54 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We know all the prohibitions that restrict what a person can do on Shabbat, but what is the best way to spend your Shabbat? Take Ten to find out. This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We know all the prohibitions that restrict what a person can do on Shabbat, but what is the best way to spend your Shabbat? Take Ten to find out. <em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>TT4T#834 - Our Four Children - 1/6/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#834 - Our Four Children - 1/6/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t834-our-four-children-1622/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t834-our-four-children-1622/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2022 10:11:35 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The Torah refers to four conversational encounters we will have with our children on the topic of the Exodus from Egypt. What is the significance of these four distinct children? What do we learn from these distinctions? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>Today's Ten is sponsored by the Brandsdorfer family in memory of Izzy Lindenbaum, Issur Aharon ben Bezalel Aryeh z"l on his yartzeit.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Torah refers to four conversational encounters we will have with our children on the topic of the Exodus from Egypt. What is the significance of these four distinct children? What do we learn from these distinctions? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>Today's Ten is sponsored by the Brandsdorfer family in memory of Izzy Lindenbaum, Issur Aharon ben Bezalel Aryeh z"l on his yartzeit.</em></p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Torah refers to four conversational encounters we will have with our children on the topic of the Exodus from Egypt. What is the significance of these four distinct children? What do we learn from these distinctions? Take Ten to find out. 
Today's Ten is sponsored by the Brandsdorfer family in memory of Izzy Lindenbaum, Issur Aharon ben Bezalel Aryeh z"l on his yartzeit.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#833 - Don’t Delay - 1/5/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#833 - Don’t Delay - 1/5/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t833-don-t-delay-1522/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t833-don-t-delay-1522/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 09:24:18 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Matzah isn't only a mitzvah performed once a year. It is also is a metaphor for all of the mitzvos we do. Take Ten to find out how.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Matzah isn't only a mitzvah performed once a year. It is also is a metaphor for all of the mitzvos we do. Take Ten to find out how.</p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Matzah isn't only a mitzvah performed once a year. It is also is a metaphor for all of the mitzvos we do. Take Ten to find out how.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:duration>608</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>744</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#832 - The Three Signs - 1/4/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#832 - The Three Signs - 1/4/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t832-the-three-signs-1422/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t832-the-three-signs-1422/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2022 09:40:56 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Of all the Mitzvot, there are three that are referred to as signs. What do they signify and when does this matter? Take Ten to find out. This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of all the Mitzvot, there are three that are referred to as signs. What do they signify and when does this matter? Take Ten to find out. T<em>his Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Of all the Mitzvot, there are three that are referred to as signs. What do they signify and when does this matter? Take Ten to find out. This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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                <itunes:episode>743</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#831 - Monthly Atonement - 1/2/22</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#831 - Monthly Atonement - 1/2/22</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t831-monthly-atonement-1222/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t831-monthly-atonement-1222/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2022 11:57:01 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Take Ten to learn how Rosh Chodesh, the first Mitzvah, offers a unique opportunity for each and every one of us to begin again. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Take Ten to learn how Rosh Chodesh, the first Mitzvah, offers a unique opportunity for each and every one of us to begin again. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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                <itunes:episode>742</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#830 - Egyptian Restitution - 12/29/21</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>G-d promises the Jewish people that after the time of their enslavement in Egypt, they would leave with great financial wealth. What was the purpose of this payment? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t829-like-the-dirt-122821/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2021 09:51:24 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We often find the Bnei Yisrael compared to the sand and we even pray that we should be like the dirt. What does this metaphor mean? Take Ten to find out.</p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
 
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We often find the Bnei Yisrael compared to the sand and we even pray that we should be like the dirt. What does this metaphor mean? Take Ten to find out.</p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
 
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        <title>TT4T#828 - The Jews’ First Lesson - 12/27/21</title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t828-the-jews-first-lesson-122721/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2021 09:57:19 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We generally believe that the first mitzvah given to the Jewish people is the mitzvah of Rosh Chodesh, in Parshat Bo. This Ten discusses an alternative theory, that the first mitzvah given to the Jews was one that they almost certainly could not do right away and would take a very long time until actually performed. What was this mitzvah? Why would it be first? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We generally believe that the first mitzvah given to the Jewish people is the mitzvah of Rosh Chodesh, in Parshat Bo. This Ten discusses an alternative theory, that the first mitzvah given to the Jews was one that they almost certainly could not do right away and would take a very long time until actually performed. What was this mitzvah? Why would it be first? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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        <title>TT4T#827 - Moshe‘s Impediment - 12/21/21</title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t827-moshe-s-impediment-122121/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:55:52 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Moshe refuses the task offered by G-d to represent the people before Pharaoh due to a problem that he had with his speech. This Ten explores what exactly this problem was and why it may have been a significant reason that he was chosen.</p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Moshe refuses the task offered by G-d to represent the people before Pharaoh due to a problem that he had with his speech. This Ten explores what exactly this problem was and why it may have been a significant reason that he was chosen.</p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
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        <title>TT4T#826 - What Had We Done - 12/20/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#826 - What Had We Done - 12/20/21</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t826-what-had-we-done-122021/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 09:05:37 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>This week we begin to read about the Jewish people's subjugation under the Egyptians. What had they done to deserve this? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week we begin to read about the Jewish people's subjugation under the Egyptians. What had they done to deserve this? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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        <title>TT4T#825 - The Power of the Siddur - 12/16/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#825 - The Power of the Siddur - 12/16/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t825-the-power-of-the-siddur-121621/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t825-the-power-of-the-siddur-121621/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2021 09:29:10 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Day in and day out, we use the Siddur, the traditional prayerbook, as our tool to connect with G-d. What is its power? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day in and day out, we use the Siddur, the traditional prayerbook, as our tool to connect with G-d. What is its power? Take Ten to find out.</p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#824 - The Enduring Saga - 12/15/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#824 - The Enduring Saga - 12/15/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t824-the-enduring-saga-121521/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t824-the-enduring-saga-121521/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 09:45:34 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>In Parshat Vayechi, we read of the conclusion of the difficult drama of the "Sale of Yosef." How exactly does the story end? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Parshat Vayechi, we read of the conclusion of the difficult drama of the "Sale of Yosef." How exactly does the story end? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In Parshat Vayechi, we read of the conclusion of the difficult drama of the "Sale of Yosef." How exactly does the story end? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#823 - Why We Fast - 12/14/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#823 - Why We Fast - 12/14/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t823-why-we-fast-121421/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t823-why-we-fast-121421/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:07:49 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>As our stomach grumbles on this Jewish communal day of fasting, we might wonder: "What are we supposed to be taking from this experience?" Take Ten to find learn the answer.</p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As our stomach grumbles on this Jewish communal day of fasting, we might wonder: "What are we supposed to be taking from this experience?" Take Ten to find learn the answer.</p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#822 - The Fast of Tevet - 12/13/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#822 - The Fast of Tevet - 12/13/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t822-the-fast-of-tevet-121321/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t822-the-fast-of-tevet-121321/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:17:06 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>According to one opinion, if tomorrow's Fast of Tevet would fall on Shabbat, instead of deferring to Sunday, we would fast on Shabbat itself. What is so unique about this fast? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to one opinion, if tomorrow's Fast of Tevet would fall on Shabbat, instead of deferring to Sunday, we would fast on Shabbat itself. What is so unique about this fast? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[According to one opinion, if tomorrow's Fast of Tevet would fall on Shabbat, instead of deferring to Sunday, we would fast on Shabbat itself. What is so unique about this fast? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#821 - The Fast of 8 Tevet - 12/9/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#821 - The Fast of 8 Tevet - 12/9/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t821-the-fast-of-8-tevet-12921/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t821-the-fast-of-8-tevet-12921/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2021 10:05:40 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Our sources indicate a defunct fast day that existed on the 8th of Tevet that had something to do with the translation of the Torah. What are the events that surround this day? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our sources indicate a defunct fast day that existed on the 8th of Tevet that had something to do with the translation of the Torah. What are the events that surround this day? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
        <enclosure url="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/e7fgh7/_821_-_TT4T_-_The_Fast_of_8_Tevet70q1j.mp3" length="12598462" type="audio/mpeg"/>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Our sources indicate a defunct fast day that existed on the 8th of Tevet that had something to do with the translation of the Torah. What are the events that surround this day? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#820 - Soul Upgrades - 12/8/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#820 - Soul Upgrades - 12/8/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t820-soul-upgrades-12821/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t820-soul-upgrades-12821/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2021 09:24:12 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Our tradition teaches that on Shabbat, we receive a "Neshama Yeseirah", or "extra soul." Take Ten to learn about the nature of this excess soul and the capabilities it provides. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our tradition teaches that on Shabbat, we receive a "Neshama Yeseirah", or "extra soul." Take Ten to learn about the nature of this excess soul and the capabilities it provides. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
        <enclosure url="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cw4v9v/_820_-_TT4T_-_Soul_Upgrades_extra_Soul_repeat_5zp02.mp3" length="12600030" type="audio/mpeg"/>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Our tradition teaches that on Shabbat, we receive a "Neshama Yeseirah", or "extra soul." Take Ten to learn about the nature of this excess soul and the capabilities it provides. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>629</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>731</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#819 - The Start-Up 70 - 12/7/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#819 - The Start-Up 70 - 12/7/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t819-the-start-up-70-12721/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t819-the-start-up-70-12721/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2021 11:04:51 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Our Parsha records that Yaakov's family enters Egypt with 70 people. Take Ten to learn the significance of this number in the context of this "Start-Up" nation. </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
 
 ]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our Parsha records that Yaakov's family enters Egypt with 70 people. Take Ten to learn the significance of this number in the context of this "Start-Up" nation. </p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
 
 ]]></content:encoded>
                                    
        <enclosure url="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/x4hhrz/_819_-_TT4T_-_The_Start-Up_70b3rah.mp3" length="11456389" type="audio/mpeg"/>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Our Parsha records that Yaakov's family enters Egypt with 70 people. Take Ten to learn the significance of this number in the context of this "Start-Up" nation. 
This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l
 
 ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>TT4T#818 - Chanukah To Go - 12/6/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#818 - Chanukah To Go - 12/6/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t818-chanukah-to-go-12621/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t818-chanukah-to-go-12621/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 09:32:48 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>As Chanukah comes to a close, this Ten discusses what are the takeaways we should be considering for the rest of our year. What really is the purpose of this holiday? Take Ten to find out. (Chanukah 5782 - 8/8)</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As Chanukah comes to a close, this Ten discusses what are the takeaways we should be considering for the rest of our year. What really is the purpose of this holiday? Take Ten to find out. (Chanukah 5782 - 8/8)</p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>622</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>729</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#817 - Candle (and Other) Failure - 12/2/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#817 - Candle (and Other) Failure - 12/2/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t817-candle-and-other-failure-12221/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t817-candle-and-other-failure-12221/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:52:08 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>If your Chanukah candles go out before the minimum amount of time, the halacha teaches that you do not need to relight the candles. Take Ten to learn a reason for this unique law. (Chanuka 5782 - 7/8)</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If your Chanukah candles go out before the minimum amount of time, the halacha teaches that you do not need to relight the candles. Take Ten to learn a reason for this unique law. (Chanuka 5782 - 7/8)</p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[If your Chanukah candles go out before the minimum amount of time, the halacha teaches that you do not need to relight the candles. Take Ten to learn a reason for this unique law. (Chanuka 5782 - 7/8)]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>624</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>728</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#816 - Bless on Sight - 12/1/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#816 - Bless on Sight - 12/1/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t816-bless-on-sight-12121/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t816-bless-on-sight-12121/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:10:51 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We find some very unique laws relating to the lighting of the Menorah. This Ten discusses the - mostly unknown - beracha made while walking down a street and simply witnessing the lights of someone else's Menorah. Why would we make a beracha on this mitzvah "sighting" and not on witnessing other mitzvot? The answer to this and more in Ten or less.  (Chanukah 5782 - 6/8)</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We find some very unique laws relating to the lighting of the Menorah. This Ten discusses the - mostly unknown - beracha made while walking down a street and simply witnessing the lights of someone else's Menorah. Why would we make a beracha on this mitzvah "sighting" and not on witnessing other mitzvot? The answer to this and more in Ten or less.  (Chanukah 5782 - 6/8)</p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We find some very unique laws relating to the lighting of the Menorah. This Ten discusses the - mostly unknown - beracha made while walking down a street and simply witnessing the lights of someone else's Menorah. Why would we make a beracha on this mitzvah "sighting" and not on witnessing other mitzvot? The answer to this and more in Ten or less.  (Chanukah 5782 - 6/8)]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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                <itunes:episode>727</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#815 - Descending Lights - 11/30/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#815 - Descending Lights - 11/30/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t815-descending-lights-113021/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t815-descending-lights-113021/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:38:47 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The opinion of Beit Shamai is that we light eight candles on the first night and subtract one each night. While usually Beit Shamai's opinion is rejected in favor of Beit Hillel's, this Ten discusses how in this situation, it is quite possible that one can light their candles backwards. How? Take Ten to find out. (Chanukah 5782 - 5/8)</p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The opinion of Beit Shamai is that we light eight candles on the first night and subtract one each night. While usually Beit Shamai's opinion is rejected in favor of Beit Hillel's, this Ten discusses how in this situation, it is quite possible that one can light their candles backwards. How? Take Ten to find out. (Chanukah 5782 - 5/8)</p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The opinion of Beit Shamai is that we light eight candles on the first night and subtract one each night. While usually Beit Shamai's opinion is rejected in favor of Beit Hillel's, this Ten discusses how in this situation, it is quite possible that one can light their candles backwards. How? Take Ten to find out. (Chanukah 5782 - 5/8)
This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>623</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>726</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#814 - The Chanukah-Sukkot Connection - 11/29/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#814 - The Chanukah-Sukkot Connection - 11/29/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t814-the-chanukah-sukkot-connection-112921/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t814-the-chanukah-sukkot-connection-112921/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:21:42 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Beit Shamai is famous for holding that the proper way to light the menorah is to light eight candles on the first night and then descend each night so that we light only one on the final night. This Ten explores the reason for their position, particularly in how it references a Chanukah-Sukkot connection. (Chanukah 5782 - 4/8)</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beit Shamai is famous for holding that the proper way to light the menorah is to light eight candles on the first night and then descend each night so that we light only one on the final night. This Ten explores the reason for their position, particularly in how it references a Chanukah-Sukkot connection. (Chanukah 5782 - 4/8)</p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Beit Shamai is famous for holding that the proper way to light the menorah is to light eight candles on the first night and then descend each night so that we light only one on the final night. This Ten explores the reason for their position, particularly in how it references a Chanukah-Sukkot connection. (Chanukah 5782 - 4/8)]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>619</itunes:duration>
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        <title>TT4T#813 - Hallel vs. Hodaah - 11/25/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#813 - Hallel vs. Hodaah - 11/25/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t813-hallel-vs-hodaah-112521/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t813-hallel-vs-hodaah-112521/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2021 11:10:37 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>There are two miracles that are associated with the holiday of Chanukah and each is expressed differently in our commemoration. The reason for this difference can teach us an important lesson for the holiday of Chanukah and for today's holiday of Thanksgiving. What is this lesson? Take Ten to find out. (Chanukah 5782 - 3/8)</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are two miracles that are associated with the holiday of Chanukah and each is expressed differently in our commemoration. The reason for this difference can teach us an important lesson for the holiday of Chanukah and for today's holiday of Thanksgiving. What is this lesson? Take Ten to find out. (Chanukah 5782 - 3/8)</p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There are two miracles that are associated with the holiday of Chanukah and each is expressed differently in our commemoration. The reason for this difference can teach us an important lesson for the holiday of Chanukah and for today's holiday of Thanksgiving. What is this lesson? Take Ten to find out. (Chanukah 5782 - 3/8)]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>621</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>724</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#812 - Bypass the Basic - 11/24/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#812 - Bypass the Basic - 11/24/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t812-bypass-the-basic-112421/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t812-bypass-the-basic-112421/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2021 09:41:08 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>In this Ten, we learn the source for the Mitzvah of lighting the candles of Chanukah. You'll be surprised to find out the origin of this law, how it was constructed, and the various opinions surrounding it. But what will shock you most is that you have been doing way more than you ever needed to.. and that that is exactly the point. (Chanukah 5782 - 2/8)</p>
<p>Today's Ten is sponsored by the Brownstein family in memory of Shmuel Zeesa ben Chunan Yehuda for his Yahrtzeit on the 21st of Kislev.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this Ten, we learn the source for the Mitzvah of lighting the candles of Chanukah. You'll be surprised to find out the origin of this law, how it was constructed, and the various opinions surrounding it. But what will shock you most is that you have been doing way more than you ever needed to.. and that that is exactly the point. (Chanukah 5782 - 2/8)</p>
<p><em>Today's Ten is sponsored by the Brownstein family in memory of Shmuel Zeesa ben Chunan Yehuda for his Yahrtzeit on the 21st of Kislev.</em></p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this Ten, we learn the source for the Mitzvah of lighting the candles of Chanukah. You'll be surprised to find out the origin of this law, how it was constructed, and the various opinions surrounding it. But what will shock you most is that you have been doing way more than you ever needed to.. and that that is exactly the point. (Chanukah 5782 - 2/8)
Today's Ten is sponsored by the Brownstein family in memory of Shmuel Zeesa ben Chunan Yehuda for his Yahrtzeit on the 21st of Kislev.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>622</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>723</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#811 - Chanukah‘s Character - 11/23/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#811 - Chanukah‘s Character - 11/23/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t811-chanukah-s-character/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t811-chanukah-s-character/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2021 09:35:42 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>One of the two rabbinically mandated holidays, Chanukah is distinct from Purim in how it is observed in practice. Why is this? Take Ten to find out. (Chanukah 5782 - 1/8)</p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the two rabbinically mandated holidays, Chanukah is distinct from Purim in how it is observed in practice. Why is this? Take Ten to find out. (Chanukah 5782 - 1/8)</p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
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        <enclosure url="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/34ttrp/_811_-_TT4T_-_Chanuka_s_Charactera6g7p.mp3" length="12334626" type="audio/mpeg"/>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[One of the two rabbinically mandated holidays, Chanukah is distinct from Purim in how it is observed in practice. Why is this? Take Ten to find out. (Chanukah 5782 - 1/8)
This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>616</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>722</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#810 - Weaponized Shame - 11/22/2021</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#810 - Weaponized Shame - 11/22/2021</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t810-weaponized-shame-11222021/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t810-weaponized-shame-11222021/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:20:12 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We are familiar with the three cardinal sins about which the Torah teaches that one must give up their life before transgressing. In the story with Yehuda and Tamar, there is a moment that seems to teach that there might be a fourth cardinal sin - embarrassing others publicly. How can this be considered such a powerful weapon? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are familiar with the three cardinal sins about which the Torah teaches that one must give up their life before transgressing. In the story with Yehuda and Tamar, there is a moment that seems to teach that there might be a fourth cardinal sin - embarrassing others publicly. How can this be considered such a powerful weapon? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We are familiar with the three cardinal sins about which the Torah teaches that one must give up their life before transgressing. In the story with Yehuda and Tamar, there is a moment that seems to teach that there might be a fourth cardinal sin - embarrassing others publicly. How can this be considered such a powerful weapon? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>624</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>721</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#809 - Double Named - 11/16/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#809 - Double Named - 11/16/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t809-double-named-111621/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t809-double-named-111621/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 09:42:31 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Unlike what we find in the Torah, nowadays we find people with more than one Jewish name. Why is that? Take Ten to find out.</p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unlike what we find in the Torah, nowadays we find people with more than one Jewish name. Why is that? Take Ten to find out.</p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Unlike what we find in the Torah, nowadays we find people with more than one Jewish name. Why is that? Take Ten to find out.
This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>629</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>720</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#613 - Taryag - 11/15/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#613 - Taryag - 11/15/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t613-taryag-111521/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t613-taryag-111521/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 09:09:27 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>This Ten discusses the well-known idea that there are a total of 613 mitzvot throughout the Torah. Are there really only 613 things that we are required to do? Listen and learn of the true nature of this number and the significant importance of knowing what these 613 are.</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This Ten discusses the well-known idea that there are a total of 613 mitzvot throughout the Torah. Are there really only 613 things that we are required to do? Listen and learn of the true nature of this number and the significant importance of knowing what these 613 are.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
                                    
        <enclosure url="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wfrmut/_808_-TT4T_-_Taryagbfq5u.mp3" length="12418217" type="audio/mpeg"/>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This Ten discusses the well-known idea that there are a total of 613 mitzvot throughout the Torah. Are there really only 613 things that we are required to do? Listen and learn of the true nature of this number and the significant importance of knowing what these 613 are.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>620</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>719</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#807 - Meal #3 - 11/11/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#807 - Meal #3 - 11/11/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t807-meal-3-111121/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t807-meal-3-111121/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2021 09:14:32 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Do you suffer from Shalashuda-ate less? In these winter months, there is barely any time to finish our Shabbat lunch meal before we need to get back to it with Sudah Shlishit. Why are these meals important and what do they mean? How important is it to pull off all three? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you suffer from Shalashuda-ate less? In these winter months, there is barely any time to finish our Shabbat lunch meal before we need to get back to it with Sudah Shlishit. Why are these meals important and what do they mean? How important is it to pull off all three? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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                <itunes:episode>718</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#806 - Priority Peace - 11/9/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#806 - Priority Peace - 11/9/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t806-priority-peace-11921/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t806-priority-peace-11921/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:32:53 -0400</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>How important is peace in the Jewish tradition and what are we really asking for when we pray for peace? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
 
 
<p> </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How important is peace in the Jewish tradition and what are we really asking for when we pray for peace? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
 
 
<p> </p>
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This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l
 
 
 ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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                <itunes:episode>717</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#805 - The Gratitude of Rabbis</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#805 - The Gratitude of Rabbis</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t805-the-gratitude-of-rabbis/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2021 09:29:30 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We respond to the beracha of Modim with more than just an Amen and instead add another paragraph of our own. Why do we do this for only one beracha and what does our response mean? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We respond to the beracha of Modim with more than just an Amen and instead add another paragraph of our own. Why do we do this for only one beracha and what does our response mean? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#804 - Truth - 11/1/2021</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#804 - Truth - 11/1/2021</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t804-truth-1112021/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t804-truth-1112021/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 09:07:44 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>This week's Torah portion presents the difficult story of Yaakov being less than truthful in his dealing with Yitzchak. Take Ten to learn about the absolute value of Truth vs. Falsehood. </p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week's Torah portion presents the difficult story of Yaakov being less than truthful in his dealing with Yitzchak. Take Ten to learn about the absolute value of Truth vs. Falsehood. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>TT4T#803 - Eliezer‘s Test - 10/27/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#803 - Eliezer‘s Test - 10/27/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t803-eliezer-s-test-102721/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t803-eliezer-s-test-102721/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:28:33 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Eliezer is sent to find a wife for Yitzchak and uses what seems to be an omen to decide on Rivka. How is that permitted? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Eliezer is sent to find a wife for Yitzchak and uses what seems to be an omen to decide on Rivka. How is that permitted? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Eliezer is sent to find a wife for Yitzchak and uses what seems to be an omen to decide on Rivka. How is that permitted? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>617</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>714</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#802 - Put on a Happy Face - 10/26/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#802 - Put on a Happy Face - 10/26/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t802-put-on-a-happy-face-102621/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t802-put-on-a-happy-face-102621/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:30:30 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>In the aftermath of Sarah's death, Avraham teaches us important lessons about how we are to relate to others. What are these lessons? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the aftermath of Sarah's death, Avraham teaches us important lessons about how we are to relate to others. What are these lessons? Take Ten to find out. </p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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                <itunes:episode>713</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#801 - Patriarch Parenting - 10/25/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#801 - Patriarch Parenting - 10/25/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t801-patriarch-parenting-102521/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t801-patriarch-parenting-102521/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2021 09:00:20 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The Torah offers different models of parents and children. The relationship between Avraham and Yishmael was particularly fraught. After Yishmael was thrown out of Avraham's home, what happened to him? Take Ten to learn the midrashic account of Yishmael's end and Avraham's inability to let go.</p>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Torah offers different models of parents and children. The relationship between Avraham and Yishmael was particularly fraught. After Yishmael was thrown out of Avraham's home, what happened to him? Take Ten to learn the midrashic account of Yishmael's end and Avraham's inability to let go.</p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>610</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>712</itunes:episode>
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        <title>TT4T#800 - Akeidah Takeaways - 10/21/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#800 - Akeidah Takeaways - 10/21/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t800-akeidah-takeaways-102121/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t800-akeidah-takeaways-102121/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2021 08:33:50 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The Akeidah, possibly the greatest of Avraham's tests, is not only focused upon on Rosh Hashana, but each and every day in our Tefilot. How can we possibly learn from or relate to such an impossible m mission? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Akeidah, possibly the greatest of Avraham's tests, is not only focused upon on Rosh Hashana, but each and every day in our Tefilot. How can we possibly learn from or relate to such an impossible m mission? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#799 - Mini Akeidas - 10/20/2021</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#799 - Mini Akeidas - 10/20/2021</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t799-mini-akeidas-10202021/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t799-mini-akeidas-10202021/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 09:05:47 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The story of Akeidat Yitzchak is perhaps the greatest test of a person's self-sacrifice for G-d. Take Ten to find out how in the background, there was another, and perhaps more significant story that teaches us the nature of true sacrifice. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The story of Akeidat Yitzchak is perhaps the greatest test of a person's self-sacrifice for G-d. Take Ten to find out how in the background, there was another, and perhaps more significant story that teaches us the nature of true sacrifice. </p>
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        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>628</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>710</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#798 - Thanks for Everything - 10/19/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#798 - Thanks for Everything - 10/19/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t798-thanks-for-everything-101921/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t798-thanks-for-everything-101921/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:09:25 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The Beracha of Modim is the longest and one of the most important in the Jewish prayers. What sorts of gratitude does it include? Take ten to find out.</p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
<p> </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Beracha of Modim is the longest and one of the most important in the Jewish prayers. What sorts of gratitude does it include? Take ten to find out.</p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
<p> </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Beracha of Modim is the longest and one of the most important in the Jewish prayers. What sorts of gratitude does it include? Take ten to find out.
This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l
 ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
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        <title>TT4T#797 - The Shabbat Bris - 10/18/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#797 - The Shabbat Bris - 10/18/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t797-the-shabbat-bris-101821/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t797-the-shabbat-bris-101821/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2021 08:53:09 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>We usually find that an "outside" mitzvah (Lulav, Shofar etc..) is deferred when the holiday falls out on Shabbat. Why don't we find that same phenomenon by the mitzvah of Milah? Take Ten to find out. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We usually find that an "outside" mitzvah (Lulav, Shofar etc..) is deferred when the holiday falls out on Shabbat. Why don't we find that same phenomenon by the mitzvah of Milah? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We usually find that an "outside" mitzvah (Lulav, Shofar etc..) is deferred when the holiday falls out on Shabbat. Why don't we find that same phenomenon by the mitzvah of Milah? Take Ten to find out. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>622</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>708</itunes:episode>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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        <title>TT4T#796 - The School of Avraham - 10/14/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#796 - The School of Avraham - 10/14/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t796/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t796/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2021 09:12:50 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>What was Avraham's great contribution to the world? While we generally assume that it was his theological contributions that were so impressive, this Ten highlights another element of his personality that was critical to the world's existence. </p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What was Avraham's great contribution to the world? While we generally assume that it was his theological contributions that were so impressive, this Ten highlights another element of his personality that was critical to the world's existence. </p>
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        <enclosure url="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/efasu8/_796_-_TT4T_-_The_School_of_Avrahambhp5u.mp3" length="12451252" type="audio/mpeg"/>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What was Avraham's great contribution to the world? While we generally assume that it was his theological contributions that were so impressive, this Ten highlights another element of his personality that was critical to the world's existence. ]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>Rabbi Shmuel Ismach</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>622</itunes:duration>
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        <title>TT4T#795 - A World of Kindness - 10/13/21</title>
        <itunes:title>TT4T#795 - A World of Kindness - 10/13/21</itunes:title>
        <link>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t795-a-world-of-kindness-101321/</link>
                    <comments>https://TakeTen4Torah.podbean.com/e/tt4t795-a-world-of-kindness-101321/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 09:33:27 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Our tradition puts Gemilat Chasadim, or kindness to others, as one of the most important ways we can behave and emulate G-d. Take Ten to learn the greatness of the reward of kindness and the classic examples of when it applies.  </p>
<p>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</p>
]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our tradition puts Gemilat Chasadim, or kindness to others, as one of the most important ways we can behave and emulate G-d. Take Ten to learn the greatness of the reward of kindness and the classic examples of when it applies.  </p>
<p><em>This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l</em></p>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Avraham becomes the great teacher of monotheism to the world. How did his own understanding of this important theological idea develop? Take Ten to find out. </p>
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